Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind (4… g6 5. c4)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4
The Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind is a chess opening classified as ECO B36, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,760 times by this move order. White won 50%, 7% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5… Bg7 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.38 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5… Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4)
- ECO
- B36
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 120 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,387 | |
| 2000+ | 1,253 | |
| All | 2,760 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Bg7 Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind (5. c4 Bg7) | 2,203 (80%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 469 (17%) | |
| 5… d6 | 59 (2%) | |
| 5… Nxd4 | 15 (1%) | |
| 5… a6 | 5 (0%) | |
| 5… Qb6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… Bh6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… e5 | 2 (0%) |
Master games
2,652 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 29%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2801) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2877) 1/2-1/2 · 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 · 2014-09-04
- GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2754) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2745) 1-0 · SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 · 2013-12-16
- GM Yangyi Yu (2759) – GM Xiangzhi Bu (2718) 1-0 · CHN Team Men 2018 · 2018-06-21
- GM Yangyi Yu (2751) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2709) 1/2-1/2 · 2nd IMSA Rapid 2017 · 2017-12-10
- GM Pentala Harikrishna (2744) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2709) 1-0 · 2nd IMSA Basque 2017 · 2017-12-14
Search all games of the Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM abrakadabra02 (2782) – IM Chigorinez (2718) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- atsaynm (2663) – IM shuriks91 (2761) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- mitsutszkisszucs (2718) – IM Chigorinez (2704) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
Continuations
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind (5. c4 Bg7) B37 · 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation B36 · 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
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- 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.