B21 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Danish Variation
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3dxc34.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Danish Variation177k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%89k47%
22%40k50%
11%20k50%
7%12k49%
3.5%6.3k47%
2%3.5k48%
1.3%2.2k46%
1.2%2.0k49%
0.5%82143%
0.4%70940%
Famous games in this line3 master games
Grigoryan, K2. (2587) – Kotanjian, T. (2501)Robovic, Saudin (2330) – Paschall, William M (2365)Meszaros, An (2286) – Orso, M. (2328)Heroes of this opening Grigoryan, K2. · Robovic, Saudin
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nf3
Gambit
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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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