Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Old Sicilian › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon › Maróczy Bind › Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind › Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Old Sicilian B30
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon B32
- Maróczy Bind B36
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind B37
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Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B38.
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 11 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Breyer Variation.
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- ECO code
- B38
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 1
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