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Sicilian Defense: Staunton-Cochrane Variation
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1.e4c52.c4
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Sicilian Defense: Staunton-Cochrane Variation4.4M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%2.2M52%
18%784k50%
18%776k51%
6.4%279k52%
5%218k49%
1.5%64k49%
1%43k49%
0.6%26k49%
0.2%8.7k47%
0.1%5.2k46%
Famous games in this line1.4k master games
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) – Anand, V. (2803)Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2758)Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) – Wojtaszek, R. (2744)Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) – Gelfand, B. (2743)Dominguez Perez, L. (2754) – Radjabov, T. (2713)Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) – Wojtaszek, R. (2727)Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2684)Jobava, Baadur (2715) – Areshchenko, Alexander (2663)Heroes of this opening Dominguez Perez, L. · Gelfand, B. · Wojtaszek, R.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. c4
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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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