Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3d66.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack71k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%24k43%
29%21k38%
16%11k41%
9.3%6.6k43%
8.5%6.0k42%
0.9%61746%
0.8%55149%
0.5%32539%
0.4%30531%
0.3%20539%
Famous games in this line4.6k master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2709) – Carlsen, Magnus (2881)Carlsen, M. (2840) – Van Wely, L. (2695)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2751) – Morozevich, Alexander (2765)Anand, Viswanathan (2770) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2740)Grischuk, A. (2766) – Duda, J. (2737)Grischuk, A. (2766) – Duda, J. (2737)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2763) – Duda, J. (2738)Gashimov, Vugar (2758) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2739)Heroes of this opening Duda, J. · Carlsen, M. · Grischuk, A.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B81
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4
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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