B90 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack, Perenyi Gambit
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Be3e67.g4e58.Nf5g69.g5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack, Perenyi Gambit1.4k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
gxf561%86041%
Nxe428%39033%
Nh56.8%9628%
Bxf53.2%4622%
Ng40.6%928%
Ng80.5%70%
d50.2%367%
Nfd70.2%333%
Nc60.1%20%
Famous games in this line284 master games
Leko, Peter (2753) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)Shirov, Alexei (2726) – Anand, Viswanathan (2781)Polgar, Judit (2677) – Anand, Viswanathan (2781)Shirov, Alexei (2718) – Topalov, Veselin (2718)Shirov, Alexei (2746) – Svidler, Peter (2689)Polgar, Judit (2735) – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2670)Shirov, Alexei (2751) – Van Wely, Loek (2646)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2711) – Van Wely, Loek (2679)Heroes of this opening Polgar, Judit · Shirov, Alexei · Leko, Peter · Anand, Viswanathan
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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
- B90
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5
GambitAggressive
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