Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Open › Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation › Knight Variation › Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
- Open B40
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation B41
- Knight Variation B43
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Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B43.
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.
The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Christiansen's Dream, Spraggett Attack.
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- ECO code
- B43
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 2
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