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Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations, Main Line › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation › Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line
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  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Sicilian Defense B27
  5. Modern Variations B50
  6. Sicilian Defense B50
  7. Sicilian Defense B50
  8. Modern Variations, Main Line B54
  9. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation B70
  10. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation B72
  11. Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations B75
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B75

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B75.

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 14 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6.

It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 3 notable variations — Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Czerniak Variation, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Sosonko Variation.

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ECO code
B75
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
14
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations
Direct variations
3

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Variations (3)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations:

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