Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.f4e67.Be2Qc78.O-ONc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation7.0k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
20%1.4k52%
12%83949%
10%70044%
7.6%52846%
5.3%36740%
3.6%25242%
1.5%10849%
1.5%10649%
1.1%7540%
Famous games in this line122 master games
Lau, Ralf (2495) – Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2600)Sanguineti, Raul (2530) – Schmid, Lothar (2550)Perez Ponsa, Federico (2469) – Flores, Diego (2608)Hulak, Krunoslav (2525) – Panno, Oscar (2550)Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (2498) – Sasikiran, Krishnan (2573)Horvath, Adam (2517) – Sax, Gyula (2535)Karpov, Anatoly (2630) – Cobo Arteaga, Eldis (2420)Fedorchuk, Sergey A (2571) – Genov, Petar (2469)Heroes of this opening Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter · Flores, Diego · Sasikiran, Krishnan · Karpov, Anatoly
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B85
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6
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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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