Hyperaccelerated Dragon: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon · 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 · CC0 name list

At 1500–1799 (Lichess rating), Black scored 50.1% in 3,276 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon games (±1.7; games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026).

Black won 48.3% of them, White won 48.0%, and 3.7% were drawn.

No clear difference from 50% at this level (inside the margin)

In games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026, Black scored 50.1% (±1.7) with the Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon in sampled Lichess games at the 1500–1799 Lichess rating level (3,276 games). Observed results, not causation.

Data period: games from 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026 (sample of the Lichess open database) · Page updated: 9 Oct 2026

0.3%

of rated games at Lichess rating 1800–2099 reached the Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon · 3,936 of 1,329,701 games, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 sample

Under 1200: 0.1%. At 1800–2099: 0.3%. 3.7× as common at 1800–2099 as under 1200.

Position after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6. 12,364 games in this sample reached it — 325 of them by a different move order.

At a glance

In this sample, White's score ranged from 48.5% (Under 1200) to 50.6% (2100+).
That spread is within the approximate margin of error, so this sample shows no clear difference between levels.
It appeared most often in the 2100+ group (0.4% of that group's games).
Draws were most common in the 2100+ group (5.9%).

These are observed results for the selected games (rated, players within 200 rating points of each other). They describe what happened — they do not prove the opening caused the result.

Results by Lichess rating level

Each row shows how the Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon games at one rating level ended: White wins, draws and Black wins, across all time controls combined. Rating level is the average Lichess rating of both players.

White won drawn Black won. Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon — results by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined (minimum 300 games per row).

Under 1200647 gamesCompared with

White wins 47.4% · draws 2.0% · Black wins 50.5% · White's score 48.5% ±3.8 · how common 0.1%
1200–14991,832 games

White wins 48.5% · draws 2.8% · Black wins 48.6% · White's score 49.9% ±2.3 · how common 0.2%
1500–17993,276 games

White wins 48.0% · draws 3.7% · Black wins 48.3% · White's score 49.9% ±1.7 · how common 0.2%
1800–20993,936 gamesIn the headline

White wins 47.1% · draws 5.2% · Black wins 47.7% · White's score 49.7% ±1.5 · how common 0.3%
2100+2,673 games

White wins 47.6% · draws 5.9% · Black wins 46.4% · White's score 50.6% ±1.8 · how common 0.4%

"White's score" = wins + half of draws. "±" is an approximate 95% margin based only on the number of games. It does not cover sampling bias or related games (the same players appear many times), so real uncertainty is larger. "How common" = share of all sampled games at that level that reached this position. Ratings are Lichess ratings; they are not interchangeable with Chess.com or FIDE ratings.

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Results by time control

Each row shows how the Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon games ended in one Lichess time control, across all rating levels combined.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon — results by time control, all rating levels combined (minimum 300 games per row)
Time control	Games	White wins	Draws	Black wins	White's score
Bullet	3,646	48.1%	3.6%	48.3%	49.9%
Blitz	6,772	47.6%	4.7%	47.8%	49.9%
Rapid	1,878	47.0%	5.4%	47.6%	49.7%
Classical	68	Not enough games in this sample

This table and the rating rows are separate summaries: rating levels are not split by time control here, and time controls are not split by rating. Observed results only; approximate uncertainty applies as above.

Most played replies for White at each level

Top replies with at least 150 games. "Score" is White's score after that reply (wins + half of draws). These comparisons alone can't show that one reply is reliably better — the margins are approximate and stronger or weaker players may prefer different replies.

Replies to 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined
Rating level	Reply · share · games · score
Under 1200	3.Bc4 ·31.9% · 206 · 50.2% ±6.8 3.d4 ·30.8% · 199 · 47.5% ±6.9
1200–1499	3.d4 ·38.6% · 706 · 50.0% ±3.6 3.Bc4 ·30.4% · 556 · 49.3% ±4.1 3.Nc3 ·10.9% · 199 · 53.8% ±6.8
1500–1799	3.d4 ·45.7% · 1,497 · 50.5% ±2.5 3.Bc4 ·23.4% · 767 · 49.0% ±3.5 3.c3 ·12.8% · 420 · 52.1% ±4.7
1800–2099	3.d4 ·54.1% · 2,128 · 49.2% ±2.1 3.c3 ·16.8% · 662 · 49.4% ±3.7 3.Bc4 ·14.0% · 552 · 50.5% ±4.1
2100+	3.d4 ·60.5% · 1,617 · 49.8% ±2.4 3.c3 ·17.5% · 468 · 51.0% ±4.4 3.Bc4 ·6.6% · 177 · 56.2% ±7.0

Up next: related positions with a page

Earlier position: Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5
Related line: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 (Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation)
Related line: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 (Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon)
Related line: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 (Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation)

Other choices from the same position for Black: each one's own level and score, as on its page
Opening	Lichess rating level	Games	Black's score
vs Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6	1500–1799	39,118	49.0% ±0.5
vs Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6	1500–1799	20,387	50.0% ±0.7
vs Sicilian Defense: French Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6	1500–1799	16,443	49.6% ±0.8

Each row is a separate page with its own games. A difference smaller than the two margins combined is no clear difference. Observed results, not causation.

Deeper positions with this name

The free opening list gives the name Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon to 1 deeper position on this line as well. This page counts the first one; games in the 12-month sample that reached each deeper one:

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4: 6,296 games

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