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ECO B25: Sicilian Defense: Closed

ECO B25 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 5 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Closed: 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Closed.

That position has come up in 641,537 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.7%, 6.1% were drawn and Black won 44.2%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Closed 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 642K 5 moves
Sicilian Defense: Closed 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 213K 6 moves
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with f4 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 40K 6 moves
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 52K 6 moves
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 6,804 7 moves