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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
- Open B40
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation B44
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation B45
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Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B83.
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 12 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B83
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 12
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