Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Fianchetto Variation B56
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3
512 tournament games from this position · White wins 33%, draws 33%, Black wins 34%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6 | 284 | 31% 35% 34% | 2305 | 2026 |
| e5 | 73 | 41% 26% 33% | 2252 | 2026 |
| Bg4 | 52 | 29% 38% 33% | 2276 | 2026 |
| e6 | 42 | 33% 26% 40% | 2268 | 2025 |
| Bd7 | 25 | 16% 36% 48% | 2327 | 2026 |
| Nxd4 | 21 | 38% 33% 29% | 2280 | 2026 |
| a6 | 7 | 43% 43% 14% | 1988 | 2023 |
| Qb6 | 6 | 67% 33% | 2174 | 2020 |
| h5 | 2 | 50% 50% | 2178 | 2025 |
Top games
| Vachier Lagrave, M2775–Caruana, F2819 | 1-0 | GCT Rapid Paris 2019 | 2019 |
| Rapport, R2702–Wojtaszek, R2750 | ½-½ | 79th Tata Steel GpA | 2017 |
| Wang Hao2722–Wojtaszek, R2727 | ½-½ | chess.com IoM Masters | 2018 |
| Movsesian, S2653–Li Chao22751 | 1-0 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | 2016 |
| Efimenko, Z2657–Riazantsev, A2688 | ½-½ | 21st TCh-RUS 2014 | 2014 |
| Wei Yi2728–Firouzja, Alireza2607 | 1-0 | 17th Asian Continental | 2018 |
| Onischuk, V2608–Andreikin, D2723 | ½-½ | 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 | 2017 |
| Rapport, R2707–Kokarev, Dm2615 | ½-½ | World Rapid 2017 | 2017 |
| Onischuk, V2612–Korobov, A2700 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2015 | 2015 |
| Tari, A2630–Cheparinov, I2670 | ½-½ | FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss | 2019 |
Sicilian Defense variations
Sicilian DefenseB20Czerniak AttackB20Grob VariationB20Lasker-Dunne AttackB20Mengarini VariationB20Myers Attack, with a4B20Myers Attack, with h4B20Staunton-Cochrane VariationB20Wing GambitB20McDonnell AttackB21Smith-Morra GambitB21Alapin VariationB22Amazon AttackB20Bowdler AttackB20Brick VariationB20Keres VariationB20King David's OpeningB20Kronberger VariationB20ClosedB23Sicilian DefenseB27Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto VariationB20ClosedB23Brussels GambitB27Bücker VariationB27