ECO B42: Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation
ECO B42 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3.
All of them are lines of the
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation.
That position has come up in 852,326 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.1%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 47.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 |
852K | 5 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 |
83K | 5 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Swiss Cheese Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 |
13K | 5 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Gipslis Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6 |
1,240 | 7 moves |