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  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Sicilian Defense B27
  5. French Variation B40
  6. Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 B40
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B22

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation is a specific line in the Semi-Open Games family (ECO B22), arising from a recognised theoretical position.

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 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6.

The line refines Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B22
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
10
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6:

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