Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Venice Attack
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e56.Bb5+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Venice Attack37k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
75%28k35%
23%8.4k40%
1.8%64723%
0.2%7927%
0.1%203%
0%714%
Famous games in this line290 master games
Caruana, F. (2803) – Nakamura, Hi (2789)Anton Guijarro, D.. (2679) – Harikrishna, P.. (2732)Inarkiev, Ernesto (2667) – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2703)Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2771) – Aditya, Mittal (2547)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2771) – Gokerkan, Cem Kaan (2523)Puranik, A. (2632) – Aditya, Mittal (2595)Kourkoulos Arditis, Stamatis (2580) – Donchenko, Alexa (2627)Niemann, Hans Moke (2706) – Gokerkan, Cem Kaan (2489)- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B56
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+
Aggressive
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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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