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Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Dubois Variation
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3d34.c4
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Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Dubois Variation96k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%43k47%
21%20k47%
12%11k48%
8.3%7.9k47%
4.4%4.2k47%
3.7%3.6k46%
2.3%2.2k48%
1.1%1.0k47%
0.8%73646%
0.4%42248%
Famous games in this line76 master games
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2587) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2651)Lenderman, Alex (2431) – Ftacnik, Lubomir (2597)Lenderman, Alex (2431) – Finegold, Benjamin (2563)Hedke, Fred (2350) – Epishin, Vladimir (2585)Hrzica, Rok (2308) – Azarov, Sergei (2622)Gaehwiler, G. (2360) – Indjic, A. (2554)Begmuratov, Alisher (2401) – Bellahcene, B. (2510)Regoli, S. (2256) – Lenic, L. (2645)Heroes of this opening Nepomniachtchi, Ian · Lenderman, Alex · Finegold, Benjamin · Epishin, Vladimir
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4
Gambit
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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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