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ECO B41: Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation

ECO B41 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 5 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation.

That position has come up in 7,246,468 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.8%, 4.8% were drawn and Black won 50.5%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 7.2M 4 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 1.4M 5 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Hedgehog Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 g6 14K 5 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 41K 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bc2 397 8 moves