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ECO B21: Sicilian Defense & Bird Opening

ECO B21 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 34 named lines under it, from 2 different openings. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack: 1. e4 c5 2. f4.

That position has come up in 19,955,347 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.3%, 3.9% were drawn and Black won 48.8%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack 1. e4 c5 2. f4 3
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 3
Sicilian Defense: Halasz Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. f4 5
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Toilet Variation 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 5
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 5
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 5
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 6
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Tal Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Alapin Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Center Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e5 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Scandinavian Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 6
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Wing Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Qa5 6
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit, Andreaschek Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 7
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Danish Variation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nf3 7
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Dubois Variation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 7
Sicilian Defense: Coles Sicilian Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Bc4 9
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Fianchetto Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 10
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 10
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Morphy Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bc5 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Paulsen Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Scheveningen Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Siberian Variation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Taimanov Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 Ne7 12
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Chicago Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O a6 14
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Classical Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 14
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Finegold Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 16
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Larsen Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O Bd6 16
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Morphy Defense Deferred 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 16
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Siberian Variation, Siberian Trap 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. O-O Ng4 16
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Sozin Formation 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 b5 16
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Chicago Defense 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 Ra7 18