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ECO B47: Sicilian Defense

ECO B47 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7.

That position has come up in 1,137,496 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.5%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 50.0%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 10
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, Ponomariov Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 15