B21 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Larsen Defense
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3dxc34.Nxc3Nc65.Nf3e66.Bc4Qc77.Qe2a68.O-OBd6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Larsen Defense7.8k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Rd146%3.6k50%
Be316%1.2k49%
Bg511%84051%
h311%83351%
Nd56%47450%
Re14.3%33946%
g32.2%17545%
a31.2%9539%
Bb31%7847%
e51%7527%
Famous games in this line11 master games
Ohtake, Sakae (2546) – Solari, Aldo (2493)Equidistance (2368) – Octapus (2653)Higgins, John (2381) – Heffalump (2527)Kireev, Sergey (2339) – Caire, Francois (2427)Lalic, Dragan (2287) – Ilincic, Zlatko (2437)Gansvind, Valeriya I (2240) – Stepovaia, Tatiana (2444)Sowray, Peter J (2210) – Iskov, Gert (2370)Zelic, Mladen (2275) – Keglevic, Pavao (2245)Heroes of this opening Ohtake, Sakae · Octapus · Higgins, John · Caire, Francois
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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
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O Bd6
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