Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with Qd2 B80
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2
116 tournament games from this position · White wins 36%, draws 23%, Black wins 41%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| b5 | 72 | 35% 26% 39% | 2238 | 2026 |
| Be7 | 25 | 36% 24% 40% | 2140 | 2025 |
| Qc7 | 10 | 50% 20% 30% | 2144 | 2018 |
| Nbd7 | 8 | 38% 63% | 2235 | 2023 |
| Nc6 | 1 | 100% | 2135 | 2012 |
Top games
| Tazbir, M2521–Anand, V2776 | 0-1 | Bundesliga 2016-17 | 2016 |
| Firouzja, Alireza2572–Grandelius, N2652 | ½-½ | 2nd Sharjah Masters 2018 | 2018 |
| Solodovnichenko, Y2546–Van Wely, L2620 | ½-½ | TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 | 2021 |
| Perez Ponsa, F2563–Pichot, A2523 | ½-½ | TCh-ARG Superior 2015 | 2015 |
| Aryan, C2541–Xu, Yinglun2533 | ½-½ | IND-CHN Summit 2015 | 2018 |
| Fercec, N2411–Livaic, Leon2579 | 1-0 | Croatian Cup 2023 | 2023 |
| Kalezic, B2447–Kovacevic, A2522 | ½-½ | Cetinje Open 2016 | 2016 |
| Zhou, Y2469–Gormally, D2496 | 1-0 | 3rd Big Slick GM | 2013 |
| Stany, G2502–Babujian, L2456 | 1-0 | 1st Gujarat Open 2018 | 2018 |
| Mutschnik, I2411–Naumann, Al2546 | 1-0 | 34th ECC Open 2018 | 2018 |
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