Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Hyperaccelerated Dragon › Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Bernard Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon B27
- Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon B27
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Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Bernard Defense
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Bernard Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B74.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 d5, after 26 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B74
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 26
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