Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations, Main Line › Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation › Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Modern Variations B50
- Sicilian Defense B50
- Sicilian Defense B50
- Modern Variations, Main Line B54
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B90
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B94 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B94.
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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation.
In total, the branch covers 13 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- B94
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 13
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Variations (2)
Show all 13 sub-variations (full subtree)
- B95 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 12-ply
- B94 Ivkov Variation 23-ply
- B96 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 13-ply
- B98 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 14-ply
- B96 Neo-Classical Defense 14-ply
- B97 Poisoned Pawn Variation 14-ply
- B96 Polugaevsky Variation 14-ply
- B98 Browne Variation 18-ply
- B98 Goteborg Variation 18-ply
- B97 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted 18-ply
- B96 Simagin Line 19-ply
- B98 Traditional Line 16-ply
- B99 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line 18-ply