ECO B50: Sicilian Defense
ECO B50 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 12 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6.
That position has come up in 69,616,257 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.9%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 47.1%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 |
69.6M | 2 moves |
| Sicilian Defense | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 |
40.1M | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 |
6.8M | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Kopec System | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 |
70K | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Deferred Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 |
285K | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 |
39.3M | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Kotov Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 b5 |
561 | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 |
465K | 3 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Tartakower | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 |
1.4M | 4 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order Accepted | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 |
101K | 4 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 |
85K | 6 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 |
48K | 9 moves |