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Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Closed › Traditional › Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Sicilian Defense: Closed › Smyslov 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. Smyslov Variation B24 you are here
B24

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Smyslov Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Smyslov Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B24.

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 13 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2.

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

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ECO code
B24
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
13
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Closed

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Sicilian Defense: Closed:

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