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Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Ljubojevic Line
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1.e4c52.Nf3a63.c3b5
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Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Ljubojevic Line64k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%54k53%
3.7%2.4k49%
3.5%2.2k56%
2.5%1.6k52%
1.7%1.1k51%
1.1%70849%
0.5%33956%
0.5%29045%
0.4%26750%
0.3%17447%
Famous games in this line39 master games
Schneider, Ilja (2486) – Shengelia, Davit (2547)Dolmatov, Sergey (2610) – Giffard, Nicolas (2410)Razuvaev, Yuri S (2510) – Gurgenidze, Bukhuti (2510)Browne, Walter S (2500) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2510)Glek, Igor V (2590) – Giffard, Nicolas (2410)Torre, Eugenio (2430) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2565)Sarenac, I. (2407) – Miladinovic, I. (2583)Andersen, Mads (2382) – Salgado Lopez, Ivan (2607)Heroes of this opening Schneider, Ilja · Giffard, Nicolas · Browne, Walter S · Glek, Igor V
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B28
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 b5
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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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