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ECO B43: Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation

ECO B43 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, Knight Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation.

That position has come up in 4,729,657 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.1%, 4.6% were drawn and Black won 51.4%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 4.7M 5 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 900K 5 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Spraggett Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 2,342 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Christiansen's Dream 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Qg4 221 8 moves