B40 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Bb46.e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation105k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nd567%70k46%
Ne418%19k49%
Bxc3+8.2%8.5k43%
Qa54.7%4.9k53%
Qc71.7%1.8k52%
Ng80.1%14533%
d50%4221%
Nc60%4120%
a60%2124%
O-O0%1323%
Famous games in this line429 master games
Leko, P. (2730) – Aronian, L. (2803)Bologan, V. (2600) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2801)Short, N. (2594) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2778)Svane, Frederik (2617) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2748)Hovhannisyan, R. (2611) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2727)Almasi, Zoltan (2668) – Fedorov, Alexei (2646)Ragger, M. (2687) – Jobava, Ba (2627)Swiercz, Dariusz (2649) – Jobava, Baadur (2603)Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Aronian, L. · Almasi, Zoltan · Jobava, Ba
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No defense has won more games at every level than the Sicilian. Bobby Fischer played almost nothing else against 1.e4, and Kasparov's Najdorf battles with Karpov and Anand are pillars of chess history. When you play 1...c5, you're refusing symmetry — the same refusal that carried two world champions.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B40
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5
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