Four Famous Chess Openings: The Sicilian Defense

Hello readers! Brian here, and today we are going to talk about the Sicilian Defense. This is the sharpest defense when one’s opponent (in the case below, White) makes their first move to e4. Statistics show that this defense played by Black will favor the darker color compared to any other defenses to e4. Famous chess players who play have played (and continue to play) this are Hou Yifan, Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgar, Emanuel Lasker, Frank Marshall and most grandmasters today. The Sicilian Defense starts as follows: 1.e4 c5 This opening was named after the city in Italy, Sicily. Though, back it in the old days when Jose Raul Capablanca stated that after 1.e4 c5 that “Black’s game is full of holes,” many players kept playing the defense, and eventually it was declared Black’s best defense. The point of the Sicilian Defense is that when c5 is deployed, it controls the..

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