B55 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation, Venice Attack
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.f3e56.Bb5+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation, Venice Attack13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
64%8.0k40%
35%4.4k47%
0.4%5341%
0.4%4435%
0.1%1025%
0%50%
Famous games in this line378 master games
Socko, Bartosz (2656) – Sasikiran, Krishnan (2669)Salov, Valery (2710) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2580)Yemelin, Vasily (2568) – Volokitin, Andrei (2686)Rodriguez Vila, Andres (2532) – Shirov, Alexei (2698)Shaposhnikov, Evgeny (2554) – Najer, Evgeniy (2608)Rodriguez Vila, Andres (2556) – Delgado Ramirez, Neuris (2557)Sitnikov, Anton (2467) – Areshchenko, Alexander (2644)Yandemirov, Valeri (2461) – Sutovsky, Emil (2642)Heroes of this opening Salov, Valery · Volokitin, Andrei · Shirov, Alexei · Delgado Ramirez, Neuris
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B55
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+
Aggressive
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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.
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