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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Alapin Variation B22 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B22.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c5 2. c3, after 3 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
5 named variations grow from this line, including Anti-Alapin Gambit, Barmen Defense, Smith-Morra Declined, and others.
In total, the branch covers 10 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- B22
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Sicilian Defense
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 10
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Variations (5)
Show all 10 sub-variations (full subtree)
- B22 Anti-Alapin Gambit 6-ply
- B22 Barmen Defense 6-ply
- B22 Smith-Morra Declined 8-ply
- B22 Stoltz Attack 11-ply
- B22 Sicilian Defense: Heidenfeld Variation 9-ply
- B22 Central Exchange 12-ply
- B22 Milner-Barry Attack 15-ply
- B22 Modern Line 10-ply
- B22 Ivanchuk Line 16-ply
- B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Endgame Variation 18-ply