Sicilian Defence

English

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Moves: 1.e4 c5

Alternative forms

• Sicilian Defense, Sicilian defense, Sicilian defence

Proper noun

Sicilian Defence

1. A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.

Translations

chess opening

• Arabic: دِفَاع صِقِلِيّ m (difāʕ ṣiqiliyy)
• Azerbaijani: Siciliya müdafiəsi
• Bulgarian: сицилиа́нска защи́та f (siciliánska zaštíta)
• Catalan: defensa siciliana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西西里防禦 (Xīxīlǐ fángyù)

• Czech: sicilská obrana f
• Dutch: Siciliaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: Sicilia defendo
• Estonian: Sitsiilia kaitse
• Finnish: sisilialainen puolustus
• French: défense sicilienne f
• German: Sizilianische Verteidigung (de) f
• Greek: σικελική άμυνα f (sikelikí ámyna)
• Hebrew: הגנה סיציליאנית
• Hungarian: szicíliai védelem
• Icelandic: Sikileyjarvörn
• Indonesian: pertahanan Sisilia
• Italian: difesa siciliana f
• Japanese: シシリアン・ディフェンス (Shishirian difensu)
• Kazakh: сицилиан қорғанысы (sisilian qorğanysy)
• Korean: 시실리안 디펜스 (sisillian dipenseu)
• Latvian: sicīliešu aizsardzība f
• Lithuanian: siciliškoji gynyba f
• Luxembourgish: Sizilianesch Verdeededung
• Macedonian: сицилијанска одбрана f (sicilijanska odbrana)
• Malayalam: സിസിലിയൻ പ്രതിരോധം (sisiliyaṉ pratirōdhaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: siciliansk m or f

  Nynorsk: siciliansk opning f

• Occitan: defensa siciliana f
• Polish: obrona sycylijska (pl) f
• Portuguese: defesa siciliana f
• Romanian: apărare siciliană (ro) f
• Russian: сицилиа́нская защи́та f (siciliánskaja zaščíta)
• Sicilian: difisa siciliana f
• Slovak: sicílska obrana f
• Spanish: defensa siciliana f
• Swedish: siciliansk öppning c, sicilianskt (sv) n, sicilianskt försvar n
• Tamil: சிசிலியன் தற்காப்பு (ciciliyaṉ taṟkāppu)
• Turkish: Sicilya savunması
• Ukrainian: сицилі́йський за́хист m (sycylíjsʹkyj záxyst)