The Sicilian Defence has many mainstream variations. One of  them is  Sicilian : Sozin - Velimirovic Attack, but all depends what Black plays after 6th move. Sozin didn't play this move first in order 1/ e4  c5  2/ Nf3  d6  3/ d4  cxd4  4/ Nxf4  Nf6 5/ Nc3  Nc6  6/ Bc4  it is a basic move order of White. Sozin first analyzed the next plans of White and succesfully used them. But as many times happened some players did not like to play good analyzed plans of White. One day Paul Benko Hungarian master who lived in USA played 6. ..Qb6. This move is known from Najdorf variation but in other setup of figures. This variation has also name Anti-Sozin variation because White must change prepared plans and the game tranforms its situation  to another setup. We recomend to look at it in the Openings Table because many modern players and top level GMs e.g. Kasparov and Kramnik used it as strange invitation to players who often play Sozin-Velimirovic Attack. Look how it is done.

Play 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 and see how other professional players played it in 1,639 games in total.

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Opening Name	ECO CODE	# of games played	PDF Free Report to download	Download CBV, SCID, PGN (premiere membership)
Sicilian Anti-Sozin	B57	1,639	Sicilian Anti-Sozin PDF 130.69 Kb