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Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations › Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 › Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Gambit › Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Sicilian Defense B27
  5. Modern Variations B50
  6. Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 B50
  7. Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Gambit B50
  8. Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit B50 you are here
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Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B50, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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.

The line arises from 17 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3.

The line refines Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B50
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
17
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Gambit

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