B21 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3d3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation1.3M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%1.0M50%
8.7%111k51%
3.2%40k45%
0.6%7.3k51%
0.1%1.2k49%
0.1%1.1k52%
0.1%89346%
0%58349%
0%40153%
Famous games in this line352 master games
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2587) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2651)Grigoryan, K2. (2608) – Moussard, J. (2608)Becerra Rivero, Julio (2555) – Finegold, Benjamin (2493)Mons, Leon (2339) – Naiditsch, Arkadij (2704)Berg, Emanuel (2539) – Blomqvist, Erik (2503)Lenderman, Alex (2431) – Ftacnik, Lubomir (2597)Tinture, Laurent (2455) – Goncharenko, Georgy (2570)Poweronoff (2487) – Bychamp II (2517)Heroes of this opening Nepomniachtchi, Ian · Grigoryan, K2. · Becerra Rivero, Julio · Mons, Leon
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3
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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