Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Simagin Variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nh6
The Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Simagin Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B37, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nh6. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8. O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.22 (Stockfish, depth 33; best line 8. Nc3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Bg5 O-O)
- ECO
- B37
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bqk2r/pp2ppbp/2np2pn/8/2P1P3/8/PPN1BPPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 2 8- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nh6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. O-O | 1 (100%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 23%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- Thilo Kabisch (2309) – GM Sergey Kalinitschew (2405) 0-1 · 87th ch-GER 2016 · 2016-10-29
- Bakunc, R. (2384) – Hovhannes H. Hakobyan (2138) 1-0 · 11th Nana Aleksandria Cup · 2016-07-13
- FM Anthony J Stebbings (2293) – Moshe Gal (2150) 1/2-1/2 · World Senior 65+ 2016 · 2016-11-29
- WIM Lyubka Genova (2245) – Sophie Lam (2066) 1-0 · Mulhouse WIM 2012 · 2012-07-05
- GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (2269) – CM Robert Skytte (2015) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Rapid Team · 2025-06-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Patersson91 (2321) – Seuss (2415) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind (5. c4 Bg7) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7
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.