Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Open › Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal › Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation › Matanovic Attack › Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal 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: Scheveningen Variation B80
- Matanovic Attack B82
- Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal Variation B82 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal Variation is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.
The line arises from 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Matanovic Attack, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- B82
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 15
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