Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Wing Gambit
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1.e4c52.Nf3a63.b4
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Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Wing Gambit24k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%15k50%
18%4.2k43%
9.4%2.2k47%
3.5%83249%
1.5%36045%
1.1%26348%
0.7%16343%
0.6%13738%
0.3%8036%
0.3%7137%
Famous games in this line35 master games
Soors, S. (2391) – Rapport, R. (2704)Andreikin, Dmitry (2503) – Dorfman, Josif D (2586)Andreikin, Dmitry (2503) – Dorfman, Josif D (2586)Heberla, B. (2552) – Matuszewski, Mi (2518)Solovjov, Sergey (2461) – Mamedov, Rauf (2586)Mikhaletz, Lubomir (2495) – Csom, Istvan (2475)McDonald, Neil R (2500) – Csom, Istvan (2460)Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2618) – Van Eijk, Sander (2319)Heroes of this opening Rapport, R. · Andreikin, Dmitry · Heberla, B. · Mamedov, Rauf
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B28
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. b4
Gambit
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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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