Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Old Sicilian › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Old Sicilian B30
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon B32
- Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit B73 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO B73 in the Semi-Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the 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 19 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- B73
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 19
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