Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Gurgenidze Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5g64.O-OBg75.Re1e56.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Gurgenidze Variation1.7k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
47%79944%
38%64948%
4.5%7741%
4%6840%
2.7%4749%
2.1%3632%
1.2%2028%
1%1741%
0.2%30%
0.1%250%
Famous games in this line203 master games
Caruana, F. (2832) – Carlsen, M. (2835)Bacrot, E. (2708) – Grischuk, A. (2761)Rapport, Richard (2676) – Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2665)Cornette, M. (2555) – Lagarde, Max (2626)Cuartas, Ja (2523) – Kryvoruchko, Y. (2650)Busemann, Stephan (2580) – Fleetwood, Daniel M. (2581)Horvath, Dominik (2542) – Fressinet, L. (2588)Stellwagen, Daniel (2533) – Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (2560)Heroes of this opening Grischuk, A. · Granda Zuniga, Julio E · Fressinet, L. · Stellwagen, Daniel
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B31
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4
FianchettoAggressive
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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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