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B82

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Matanovic Attack

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Matanovic Attack is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B82.

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 is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4.

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

It continues primarily into one named line, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal Variation.

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ECO code
B82
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
11
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation
Direct variations
1

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