Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Steiner Line
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1.e4c52.Nf3a63.c3d6
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Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Steiner Line245k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
76%187k54%
8.5%21k56%
5.1%13k52%
2.5%6.1k55%
2%4.8k52%
1.6%4.0k54%
1.2%3.0k51%
0.8%1.9k50%
0.6%1.5k56%
0.3%69547%
Famous games in this line162 master games
Guseinov, Gadir (2574) – Kempinski, Robert (2624)Lupulescu, Constantin (2558) – Mamedov, Rauf (2617)Zhigalko, Andrey (2554) – Mamedov, Rauf (2586)Macieja, Bartlomiej (2653) – Rasik, Vitezslav (2472)Puranik, A. (2624) – Megaranto, S. (2477)Tiviakov, Sergei (2654) – Gwaze, Robert (2433)Can, Emre (2460) – Mamedov, Rauf (2627)Dvirnyy, Daniyl (2440) – Baklan, Vladimir (2639)Heroes of this opening Lupulescu, Constantin · Mamedov, Rauf · Tiviakov, Sergei · Baklan, Vladimir
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B28
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d6
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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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