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Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4

ECO: B22

Average Player Rating: 2257

Performance Rating: 2227

Color: black

Opening Statistics

White Win %

29.3%

Black Win %

38.3%

Draw %

32.4%

Chess Trivia

Fun fact: The first computer program to play chess was developed by Alan Turing in the 1950s.

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- Siegbert Tarrasch

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