ECO B30: Sicilian Defense
ECO B30 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 9 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6.
That position has come up in 86,860,004 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.5%, 4.9% were drawn and Black won 46.6%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 |
86.9M | 2 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 |
12M | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Portsmouth Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 |
715K | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 |
1.1M | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Brooklyn Retreat Defense | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nb8 |
30K | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, San Francisco Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. b4 |
1,557 | 4 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with d6 | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 |
96K | 5 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with Nf6 | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 |
95K | 5 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 |
1,021 | 6 moves |