B94 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Bg5Nbd77.Bc4Qa58.Qd2e69.O-O-Ob510.Bb3Bb711.Rhe1Nc512.e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation1 games · Black to move
Only 1 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
dxe5100%150%
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No defense has won more games at every level than the Sicilian. Bobby Fischer played almost nothing else against 1.e4, and Kasparov's Najdorf battles with Karpov and Anand are pillars of chess history. When you play 1...c5, you're refusing symmetry — the same refusal that carried two world champions.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B94
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. e5
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