Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6
The Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B36, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 139 times by this move order. White won 41%, 9% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 8. Be2 (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.46 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd3 a5)
- ECO
- B36
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bqkb1r/pp2pp1p/3p1np1/8/2PQP3/2N5/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - 0 8- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 44 | |
| 2000+ | 93 | |
| All | 139 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Be2 | 55 (40%) | |
| 8. Be3 | 42 (30%) | |
| 8. Bg5 | 20 (14%) | |
| 8. f3 | 11 (8%) | |
| 8. Nd5 | 4 (3%) | |
| 8. f4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 8. c5 | 1 (1%) | |
| 8. Bd3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1,108 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 32%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM So, W. (2762) – GM Xiangzhi Bu (2691) 1/2-1/2 · 24th North American Open · 2014-12-29
- GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2678) – GM Gadir Guseinov (2664) 1/2-1/2 · 12th World Teams 2019 · 2019-03-12
- GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2675) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2650) 1/2-1/2 · IMSA World Masters Blitz · 2019-05-18
- GM Alexei Shirov (2708) – GM Alexander Khalifman (2614) 1/2-1/2 · Paul Keres Mem 2013 · 2013-01-12
- GM Etienne Bacrot (2671) – GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (2629) 1-0 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2020-03-06
Highest-rated Lichess games
- F1nal_Masquerade (2791) – NeMogu_Syest_Ponchik (2523) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- kasic64 (2602) – Barry_Lindon (2599) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Gorin_Leonid (2606) – iyisatranc (2566) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind (4… g6 5. c4) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
- Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) B20
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit B20
- Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's Opening B20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.