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Tree path 16 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 › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack › Main Line › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack › Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack › Old Line
  1. Chess Codex
  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
  12. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack B76
  13. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack B76
  14. Main Line B77
  15. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack B77
  16. Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack B78
  17. Old Line B78 you are here
B78

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Old Line

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Old Line is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B78.

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 begins with 20 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 to reach the canonical position.

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

It continues primarily into one named line, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Topalov Variation.

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ECO code
B78
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
20
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)

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

https://test.av-webdevs.com/openings/sicilian-defense-dragon-variation-yugoslav-attack-old-line