Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.c3d3
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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 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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