B80 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3d66.Bb5+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation102k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
69%70k56%
30%31k57%
0.8%84033%
0.2%18654%
0.1%8411%
0%1631%
Famous games in this line53 master games
Velimirovic, Dragoljub (2500) – Hulak, Krunoslav (2510)Vitolinsh, Alvis (2470) – Timoscenko, Gennadij (2510)Sanal, Vahap (2581) – Tissir, Mohamed (2379)Velimirovic, Dragoljub (2505) – Qi, Jingxuan (2435)Vitolinsh, Alvis (2415) – Knaak, Rainer (2520)Vitolinsh, Alvis (2415) – Karpman, Vadim (2490)Westerinen, Heikki MJ (2410) – Shamkovich, Leonid (2490)Vitolinsh, Alvis (2430) – Suba, Mihai (2470)Heroes of this opening Vitolinsh, Alvis · Velimirovic, Dragoljub · Qi, Jingxuan · Karpman, Vadim
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B80
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+
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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.
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