Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
The Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B34, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 9,829 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 5… Bg7 (97% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5… Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3)
- ECO
- B34
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1,146 | |
| 1500-1999 | 6,292 | |
| 2000+ | 2,391 | |
| All | 9,829 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Bg7 | 9,557 (97%) | |
| 5… a6 | 130 (1%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 79 (1%) | |
| 5… d6 | 23 (0%) | |
| 5… e6 | 17 (0%) | |
| 5… Nxd4 | 8 (0%) | |
| 5… e5 | 3 (0%) | |
| 5… b6 | 3 (0%) |
Master games
3,071 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 19%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Pentala Harikrishna (2753) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2650) 1-0 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-28
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2749) – GM David Paravyan (2625) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2021 · 2021-07-18
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2753) – GM Mikhail Al. Antipov (2602) 1/2-1/2 · CrunchLab Masters Div 2 L · 2024-07-20
- GM Parimarjan Negi (2664) – GM Yifan Hou (2683) 1/2-1/2 · Showdown Blitz 2 2015 · 2015-11-15
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2709) – GM Sebastien Maze (2539) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 18th May · 2021-05-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Meatloaf927 (2730) – gelyaromanova (2713) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Towser1 (2698) – reallylovezerk (2715) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- GM Grukjr (2649) – GM rhungaski (2681) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
Continuations
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation B35 · 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
- Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Alekhine Line B74 · 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nb3 a5
- Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Spielmann Variation B74 · 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nb3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3
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.