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Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Schlechter Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Schlechter Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B33.
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 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B33
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 11
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