Tree path 10 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Modern Variations, Main Line › Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation › English Attack › Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack
- 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
- English Attack B90
- Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack B90 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B90.
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 13 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Perenyi Gambit.
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- ECO code
- B90
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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