Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Be2e67.O-ONbd7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation20k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%5.5k46%
21%4.1k49%
19%3.7k43%
12%2.3k50%
4.4%86341%
4.2%83852%
2.6%50944%
1.9%37943%
1.7%33939%
1.2%24441%
Famous games in this line318 master games
Anand, Viswanathan (2735) – Polgar, Judit (2665)Popov, Ivan (2632) – Smirin, Ilia (2663)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787) – Almeida Quintana, Omar (2502)Hracek, Zbynek (2615) – Movsesian, Sergei (2650)Kravtsiv, M. (2563) – Fedorchuk, S. (2673)Lintchevski, D. (2561) – Kovalenko, I. (2667)Lintchevski, Daniil (2543) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2679)Sengupta, D. (2570) – Kamsky, G. (2637)Heroes of this opening Anand, Viswanathan · Smirin, Ilia · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Hracek, Zbynek
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B84
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7
Sharp
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No reply to 1.e4 is played more. Fischer made the Najdorf his main weapon, and Kasparov's Sicilians are pillars of chess history — the Scheveningen against Karpov, the Dragon he unveiled against Anand in 1995. When you play 1...c5 you refuse symmetry, the same refusal that carried two world champions.
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