Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Closed › Traditional › Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Closed B23
- Traditional B23
- Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation B24
- Sicilian Defense: Closed B24
- Sicilian Defense: Closed B24
- Sicilian Defense: Closed B25
- Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2 B25 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2 is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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 is reached after 12 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense: Closed, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- B25
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 12
- Parent
- Sicilian Defense: Closed
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