Top Ten Chess Defenses
The Top Ten
1 Sicilian
A common defense at international level, about 25% of all games result in the Sicilian defense being used.
World Chess Championship basic.
2 Dutch
3 Queen's Indian
4 Pirc
5 Caro–Kann
Always preferred this playing black
Nothing is better
6 Hedgehog
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.
7 Wade
8 Alekhine's
9 French
10 Orthodox
The Contenders
11 Kings Indian
12 Closed Defense
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