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Sicilian - English Variation




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Opening name: Sicilian - English Variation
Opening line: 1. c4 c5 2. e4
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Winning percentages

White: 305 (23.75%)
Black: 510 (39.72%)
Draws: 469 (36.53%)

Sicilian - Staunton-Cochrane variation (English variation)

2. c4, the purpose here is to restrict Black from the freeing move d5 and bring a bind. The downside is the White is no longer able to support d4 with a pawn.



Engine Evaluation

Depth: 45
Score: 0.0
Best Move: Nc6
PV Line: 1. c4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Ne2 e5 4. Nbc3 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. g3 h5 7. h4

Historical games for Sicilian - English Variation

GameResultYear
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) vs Anand, V. (2803)1/2-1/22015
Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) vs Vachier Lagrave, M. (2758)1/2-1/22014
Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) vs Wojtaszek, R. (2744)1-02014
Dominguez Perez, L. (2726) vs Gelfand, B. (2743)0-12014
Dominguez Perez, L. (2754) vs Radjabov, T. (2713)1-02013
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) vs Wojtaszek, R. (2727)0-12016
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) vs Vallejo Pons, F. (2684)1/2-1/22015
Jobava, Baadur (2715) vs Areshchenko, Alexander (2663)1/2-1/22010
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) vs Iturrizaga, E. (2641)1/2-1/22015
Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) vs Perunovic, Mil (2622)1-02015
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