Chess openings / Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Open
Sicilian Defense: Open (B32) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4. In 27,951 games between strong players, White wins 43%, 18% are drawn and Black wins 39%; the most played move is 4.Nxd4 (98%).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- ECO
- B32
- Games between strong players
- 27,951
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.Nxd4 | 98% (27,459) | – | |
| 4.c3 | 2% (454) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6
- Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation 8,378 games
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon 6,399 games
- Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation 6,326 games
- Sicilian Defense: Godiva Variation 1,176 games
- Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maróczy Bind, Geller Line 446 games
- Sicilian Defense: Flohr Variation 217 games
- Sicilian Defense: Nimzo-American Variation 80 games
More Sicilian Defense lines
- Sicilian Defense 307,447 games
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 106,774 games
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line 69,131 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 48,946 games
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation 47,769 games
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open 30,193 games
- Sicilian Defense: Closed 29,862 games
- Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 24,896 games
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 16,544 games
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 16,215 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack 16,181 games
- Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation 14,818 games
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