Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Maróczy Line B74
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5
48 tournament games from this position · White wins 33%, draws 42%, Black wins 25%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f5 | 27 | 33% 44% 22% | 2171 | 2022 |
| Nxa5 | 11 | 27% 55% 18% | 2160 | 2024 |
| e5 | 4 | 50% 50% | 2003 | 2023 |
| Bd4 | 2 | 100% | 2072 | 2022 |
| Nd2 | 2 | 50% 50% | 2183 | 2023 |
| Kh1 | 1 | 100% | 1935 | 2014 |
| Nd4 | 1 | 100% | 2196 | 2015 |
Top games
| Solozhenkin, E2441–Rakhmanov, Ale2629 | 0-1 | 1st Archibald Open 2019 | 2019 |
| Balashov, Y2461–Novikov, Ma2456 | 1-0 | TCh-RUS HL 2021 | 2021 |
| Mickiewicz, P2367–Zawadzki, S2439 | 1-0 | TCh-POL 1st League 2015 | 2015 |
| Shapkin, Anatoliy2266–Bernadskiy, V2540 | ½-½ | 13th Moscow Open F 2017 | 2017 |
| Aaditya, Dhingra2471–Sari, Yasin2307 | ½-½ | TCh-TUR 1st League 2024 | 2024 |
| Sodol, G2352–Baidetskyi, Valentin2387 | 0-1 | Open ch-Odessa Region | 2018 |
| Lobanov, Sergei2271–Malakhov, I2454 | ½-½ | ch-St Petersburg Rapid 2014 | 2014 |
| Saunina, L2186–Malisauskas, V2409 | 1-0 | World Senior Teams 50+ 2014 | 2014 |
| Roska, B2176–Abramovic, B2412 | 0-1 | Banovci Dunav Vidovdan Op | 2016 |
| Musyuk, Lior2180–Barseghyan, Armen Ar.2380 | 0-1 | 15th Moscow Open A 2019 | 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