Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Open › Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation › Modern Variation › Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
- Open B40
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation B41
- Modern Variation B42
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Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B42.
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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B42
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
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