Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Christiansen's Dream
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Qg4
The Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Christiansen's Dream is a chess opening classified as ECO B43, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Qg4. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 8… Bxd4 9. e5 Bxe3 10. Qxg7 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1)
- ECO
- B43
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnb1k1nr/3p1ppp/pq2p3/1pb5/3NP1Q1/2NBB3/PPP2PPP/R3K2R b KQkq - 5 8- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Qg4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 29%, Black 71%). The strongest:
- FM Sina Movahed (2340) – GM Gata Kamsky (2665) 1/2-1/2 · ChessKid Cup Play-In · 2023-05-01
- IM Sebastian Felipe Sanchez (2340) – IM Diasmany Otero Acosta (2519) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Univ Cent Open 2013 · 2013-10-12
- IM Jamshed Isaev (2337) – FM Junta Ikeda (2402) 0-1 · 41st Olympiad Open 2014 · 2014-08-12
- WFM Berdychevaskaya, N. (2199) – IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2412) 0-1 · VIII Vladimir Dvorkovich Open · 2013-07-23
- Johan Sivhed (2069) – GM Pia Cramling (2454) 0-1 · Kvibergspelen 2019 · 2019-05-10
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5
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.