Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Ivanov Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.Bg5e67.Qd2Qb6
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Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Ivanov Variation1.4k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%51660%
29%39351%
14%19254%
9.4%12852%
5.7%7753%
1.8%2435%
1.5%2023%
0.1%20%
0.1%10%
0.1%10%
Famous games in this line686 master games
Svidler, Peter (2713) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2751)Oparin, G. (2681) – Rapport, R. (2763)Morozevich, Alexander (2741) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2700)Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2551)Anand, Viswanathan (2769) – Avrukh, Boris (2620)Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2732) – Romanov, Evgeny (2624)Svidler, Peter (2695) – Xu, Jun (2646)Svidler, Peter (2735) – Korotylev, Alexey (2596)Heroes of this opening Svidler, Peter · Ponomariov, Ruslan · Kasparov, Garry · Anand, Viswanathan
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B63
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6
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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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