The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for white due to the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.[1]New In Chessstated in its 2000 Yearbook that of thegamesin itsdatabase, White scored 56.1% in 296,200 games beginning 1.d4, but 54.1% in 349,855 games beginning 1.e4, mainly due to the Sicilian, which held White to a 52.3% score in 145,996 games.[2]
17% of all games betweengrandmasters, and 25% of the games in theChess Informantdatabase, begin with the Sicilian.[3]Almost one quarter of all games use the Sicilian Defence.[4]
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