Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Closed B24
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
5,169 tournament games from this position · White wins 30%, draws 25%, Black wins 45%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d3 | 4,265 | 31% 26% 43% | 2115 | 2026 |
| Nge2 | 586 | 25% 23% 52% | 2054 | 2026 |
| f4 | 261 | 22% 28% 49% | 2093 | 2026 |
| Nf3 | 41 | 27% 63% | 2084 | 2026 |
| Nh3 | 10 | 30% 60% | 2061 | 2025 |
| d4 | 2 | 50% 50% | 1919 | 2024 |
| h4 | 2 | 50% 50% | 2271 | 2020 |
| h3 | 1 | 100% | 1984 | 2013 |
| Nce2 | 1 | 100% | 1661 | 2015 |
Top games
| Mamedyarov, S2765–Wang Yue2720 | 1-0 | SportAccord Blitz 2014 | 2014 |
| Short, N2683–Nakamura, Hi2786 | 0-1 | 5th Classic KO 2013 | 2013 |
| Mamedov, Rau2656–Caruana, F2792 | 0-1 | 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz | 2021 |
| Nihal, Sarin2692–Giri, A2748 | ½-½ | Quantbox Chennai GM 2025 | 2025 |
| Rapport, R2759–Abasov, N2668 | ½-½ | TCh-AUT 2021 | 2021 |
| Artemiev, V2704–Dubov, Daniil2696 | 1-0 | TCh-RUS Premier 2018 | 2018 |
| Short, N2678–Mamedov, Rau2709 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2017 | 2017 |
| McShane, L2655–Vitiugov, N2731 | 0-1 | 12th LCC ENG v ROW 2021 | 2021 |
| Mamedov, Rau2650–Ponomariov, R2712 | 1-0 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | 2016 |
| Wen Yang2583–Ding Liren2757 | ½-½ | ch-CHN 2015 | 2015 |
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