B21 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3dxc34.Nxc3Nc65.Nf3e66.Bc4Bb4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense522k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
77%399k52%
9.5%50k48%
4.9%26k53%
2.4%13k51%
1.9%10k50%
1.2%6.4k52%
1%5.1k44%
1%5.1k50%
0.5%2.7k46%
0.3%1.5k47%
Famous games in this line86 master games
Ohtake, Sakae (2546) – Schüppel, Ralf (2541)Luque Saiz, Andres (2339) – Kryvoruchko, Y. (2656)Van Wijgerden, Cor (2435) – Panno, Oscar (2540)Schmidt, Harald (2408) – Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V (2562)Stopa, Jacek (2482) – Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2469)Eckhardt, Thorsten (2469) – Lakatos, Stefan (2471)Renard, Stéphane (2453) – Tedesco, Matthew (2472)Mosadeghpour, Masoud (2480) – Grivas, E. (2396)Heroes of this opening Schüppel, Ralf · Kryvoruchko, Y. · Kosteniuk, Alexandra · Mosadeghpour, Masoud
- 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 Bb4
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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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