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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Modern Variations B50
- Sicilian Defense B50
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Sicilian Defense
Overview
Sicilian Defense is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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 is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
4 named variations grow from this line, including Chekhover Variation, Dragon Variation, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variations, Main Line, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 99 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- B50
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Sicilian Defense
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 99
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