Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Old Sicilian › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Old Sicilian B30
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
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Sicilian Defense: Open
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Open 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4, after 6 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Open, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Sicilian Defense: Open.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 51 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- B32
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Sicilian Defense: Open
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 51
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