Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System, Taimanov Line
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1.e4c52.Nf3a63.d4cxd44.Nxd4e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System, Taimanov Line385k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
46%176k47%
29%112k52%
21%81k48%
2.1%8.0k28%
1.7%6.6k52%
0.1%25632%
0%13733%
0%13225%
0%11924%
0%9428%
Famous games in this line56 master games
Cao, Sang (2501) – Varga, Zoltan (2541)Noble, Mark F (2497) – Mokrys, Christian-Peter (2513)Stany, G. (2399) – Bogner, S. (2602)Gaponenko, Inna (2448) – Kalinitschew, Sergey (2517)Meijers, Viesturs (2472) – Kuijf, Marinus (2455)Medina, W. (2377) – Zhao, Yuanhe (2501)Kupreichik, Viktor D (2505) – Batsanin, Dmitry (2370)Gorovykh, Eduard (2325) – Turov, Maxim (2527)Heroes of this opening Mokrys, Christian-Peter · Bogner, S. · Kalinitschew, Sergey · Meijers, Viesturs
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B28
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5
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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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