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  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Sicilian Defense B27
  5. Old Sicilian B30
  6. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
  7. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
  8. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
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B32

Sicilian Defense: Nimzo-American Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Nimzo-American Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B32.

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 8 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
B32
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
8
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Open

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Sicilian Defense: Open:

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