Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations › Sicilian Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Modern Variations B50
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Sicilian Defense
Overview
Sicilian Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B50.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Sicilian Defense, Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order.
Across every depth of the tree this branch holds 102 documented sub-variations, reflecting decades of analytical work.
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- ECO code
- B50
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 102
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