Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Open › Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal › Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
- Open B40
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal B40
- Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation B40 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B40.
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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Jaffe Variation, Koch Variation.
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- ECO code
- B40
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 2
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