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Open Sicilian Refuted!?



At depth 42 of the Nc6 sicilian, stockfish gives cxd4 an evaluation of -0.3, despite being the main line.
Jokes aside, does anyone know why this happens? Is it a bug?
Nah, not a bug. The Open Sicilian is just bad against 2...Nc6
Can you post Engine Games starting from 2... Nc6? If White scores 60% , I will start believing.
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Its currently depth 52, 0.0 eval. And isn't a -0.3 eval basically equal? Unless you go into insane depths, many openings display some 0.x or -0.y evals. If I am wrong, thanks in advance for clarifications.
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It is a cheap trick (Bent Larsen). The structure is already better for Black. You just have to survive the middle-game...
Very nice and interesting post. Thanks for your wonderful contribution to the site.
@Sarg0n Haha. He did actually say that, but I posted this only as an example of engines giving bad evals to good positions.

For all who are reading this, no, I don't believe white is worse in the open sicilian. The title was a clickbait joke.
Agreed, obviously the best reply to the Sicilian is 3.Ke2, practically a refutation of the Sicilian.

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