The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's...

The Sicilian Defence is the eleventh and final studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 2014. It was named after the Sicilian Defence, a famous...

In chess, the Dragon Variation is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5...

The Najdorf Variation (/ˈnaɪdɔːrf/ NY-dorf) of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. Modern...

chess, the Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation is a response to the Sicilian Defence characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 It is named after the Russian...

The Accelerated Dragon (or Accelerated Fianchetto) is a chess opening variation of the Sicilian Defence that begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6...

In chess, the Smith–Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is an opening gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. d4...

In chess, the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence is an opening that is a line of the Open Sicilian characterised by Black setting up a "small...

Black are very rare.) The most common Wing Gambit is in the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.b4). The most important Wing Gambit is the Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5...

spoken on the island of Sicily, its satellite islands, and southern Calabria Sicilians, people from or with origins in Sicily Sicilian Defence, a chess...

release the album had two known effects: the negotiations led to a renewed contract, and the album was not released at that time. The Sicilian Defence was...

transposes into the Sicilian Dragon after 6...c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4. The setup f2–f3, Be3 and Qd2 is commonly used against the King's Indian Defence and Dragon...

diagram) The white king bishop is trapped. White resigned after 32 moves. A variation of this trap can occur in the Sicilian Defence after the moves 1...

counterpart, the Sicilian Defence, the Dutch is an aggressive and unbalancing opening, resulting in the lowest percentage of draws among the most common...

Variation of the Budapest Gambit – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 – named after István Abonyi Adams Attack of the Sicilian Defence – 1.e4 c5...

opening is a continuation of the Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon, where 5.c4 is the characteristic move. When the Maróczy Bind is discussed as a pawn...

After 6...c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6, the game transposes into the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence. The Sämisch Variation is 3.Nc3 Bg7 4...

Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon...

is natural to treat the English as a Sicilian reversed, but the results are often surprising—main lines in the Sicilian Defence correspond to obscure...

the move 9.Bc4 is one of the main options in the chess opening called the Yugoslav Attack, which is an attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian...

mandated. 3.Nf3, transposing into a normal Sicilian Defence, and 3.c3, transposing into a line of the Alapin Sicilian (usually arrived at after 1.e4 c5 2.c3...

November 2021. "Midsomer Murders -The Sicilian Defence, Part 2". NHPBS. Retrieved 10 November 2021. The Man in the Box (2015), retrieved 6 July 2021 Staff...

against 1.e4. It is classified as a Semi-Open Game, like the Sicilian Defence and French Defence, although it is thought to be more solid and less dynamic...

more chapters in the ECO are given below, ranked in order of popularity according to ChessBase. 1...c5, the Sicilian Defence, is the most common continuation...

The Sicilian Defence, Chekhover Variation (also sometimes called the Szily Variation or Hungarian Variation) is a chess opening named after Vitaly Chekhover...

The Magnus Smith Trap is a chess opening trap in the Sicilian Defence, named after three-time Canadian chess champion Magnus Smith (1869–1934). In an...

Nc3 g6 In the Dragon, Black fianchettoes his bishop on the h8–a1 diagonal. The line is one of the sharpest variations of the Sicilian Defence, making it...

In chess, the Katalymov Variation (also spelled Katalimov) is a less popular line of the Sicilian Defence that begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6...

The sixth game was played on 15 November 2014. Carlsen adopted the space-gaining Maróczy Bind setup against the Kan Variation of the Sicilian Defence...

moves, making the game the fifth-longest World Championship game.) Caruana opened with 1.e4, and Carlsen responded with the Sicilian Defence, with Caruana...