B27: Sicilian defence

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Sicilian defence

B27 Sub-variants:

Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Sicilian, Stiletto (Althouse) variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qa5

Sicilian, Quinteros variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7

Sicilian, Katalimov variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6

Sicilian, Hungarian variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6

Sicilian, Acton extension
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bh6

Overview

Games on Database:

598373

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

36.3%

30.7%

33%

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Played frequently by:

White
Vlastimil Jansa	633 games
Oleg Korneev	584 games
Viswanathan Anand	550 games

Black
Loek Van Wely	611 games
Zdenko Kozul	475 games
Vlastimil Jansa	470 games

Possible continuations:

2... d6

244553

36.8 %

30.1 %

33.1 %

2... Nc6

182874

36.6 %

31 %

32.4 %

2... e6

142374

34.9 %

31.7 %

33.4 %

2... g6

12983

37 %

31 %

32 %

2... a6

9083

36.8 %

26.5 %

36.7 %

2... Nf6

5339

38.5 %

31.2 %

30.3 %

2... b6

802

38.7 %

25.6 %

35.8 %

2... Qc7

123

44.7 %

28.5 %

26.8 %

2... d5

76

52.6 %

23.7 %

23.7 %

2... Qa5

68

47.1 %

30.9 %

22.1 %

2... h6

32

43.8 %

31.3 %

25 %

2... Qb6

30

60 %

16.7 %

23.3 %

2... f5

16

68.8 %

25 %

2... e5

12

58.3 %

33.3 %

2... f6

5

40 %

60 %

2... a5

2

50 %

50 %