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Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Fischer Variation

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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3d66.Bc4e67.Bb3Be78.Be3O-O9.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Fischer Variation1.9k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%83341%
15%30146%
14%26542%
7.5%14744%
7.4%14547%
3.3%6533%
3.3%6451%
2.5%4933%
1.1%2138%
0.7%1377%
Famous games in this line138 master games
Fischer, Robert James (2760) – Larsen, Bent (2660)19711–0Ehlvest, Jaan (2622) – Milos, Gilberto (2620)20000–1Kovacevic, Aleksandar (2616) – Perunovic, Milos (2579)20081–0Istratescu, Andrei (2540) – Hracek, Zbynek (2615)19980–1Christiansen, Larry Mark (2571) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2574)20020–1Vorobiov, Evgeny E (2544) – Timofeev, Artyom (2578)20041–0Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2615) – Radulov, Ivan (2500)1977½–½Areshchenko, Alexander (2542) – Avrukh, Boris (2557)20031–0
Heroes of this opening Fischer, Robert James · Milos, Gilberto · Kovacevic, Aleksandar · Hracek, Zbynek
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B88
Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4
Aggressive
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Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Moscow Gambit2…d6 3.Bb5 Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 …Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line2…d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 …Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line2…d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 …
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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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