B44 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Gary Gambit
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nc65.Nb5d66.c4Nf67.N1c3a68.Na3d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Gary Gambit620 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
cxd568%42348%
exd528%17553%
Bg52.3%1414%
Bd30.6%425%
Be20.5%350%
Be30.2%1100%
Famous games in this line41 master games
Karpov, Anatoly (2720) – Kasparov, Garry (2700)Karpov, Anatoly (2720) – Kasparov, Garry (2700)Karpov, Anatoly (2700) – Van der Wiel, John (2555)Almasi, Zoltan (2580) – Horvath, Jozsef (2545)Ernst, Thomas (2570) – Brodsky, Michail (2540)Acs, Peter (2623) – Cmilyte, Viktorija (2452)Korneev, Oleg (2490) – Horvath, Jozsef (2535)Almasi, Zoltan (2490) – Horvath, Jozsef (2535)Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Almasi, Zoltan
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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.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B44
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5
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