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Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Closed › Traditional › Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Botvinnik Defense, with f4 › Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Closed B23
  5. Traditional B23
  6. Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation B24
  7. Sicilian Defense: Closed B24
  8. Sicilian Defense: Closed B24
  9. Sicilian Defense: Closed B25
  10. Sicilian Defense: Closed B25
  11. Botvinnik Defense, with f4 B25
  12. Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation B25 you are here
B25

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B25.

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 14 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with f4, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B25
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
14
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with f4

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