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  1. Chess Codex
  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
  9. Sicilian Defense: Open B33
  10. Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation B67
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B68

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B68.

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.

The line arises from 18 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Nyezhmetdinov Attack.

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ECO code
B68
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
18
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation
Direct variations
1

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