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 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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