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ECO B29: Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation

ECO B29 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 5 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation.

That position has come up in 1,516,723 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.0%, 5.2% were drawn and Black won 48.8%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 1.5M 2 moves
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Advance Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 536K 3 moves
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 647K 3 moves
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Exchange Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 31K 4 moves
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Main Line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 26K 6 moves