B62 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Exchange Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.Bg5e67.Nxc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Exchange Variation16k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
bxc6100%16k55%
Be70.2%343%
b60.1%180%
a60%425%
h60%20%
Qc70%10%
Qb60%10%
a50%10%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Potapov, P. (2479) – Ponkratov, P. (2613)Stromboli, Carlo (2285) – Mamedov, Nidjat (2604)Halwick Jr, Floyd J (2316) – Szrama, Arthur A (2370)Sobolevsky, Leonid (2360) – Armbrust, Florian (2280)Ascic, P. (2308) – Biliskov, V. (2311)Alvarez Ruiz, Henry (2136) – Olsen, Filip Boe (2471)Ivanova, Svetlana (2207) – Beltran Rueda, Santiago (2381)Miettinen, Kristo S (2274) – Simon, Julius (2248)Heroes of this opening Ponkratov, P. · Mamedov, Nidjat · Szrama, Arthur A · Sobolevsky, Leonid
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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
- B62
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nxc6
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