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ECO B58: Sicilian Defense

ECO B58 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2.

That position has come up in 553,392 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.9%, 5.9% were drawn and Black won 46.2%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 11
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 12
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation, Louma Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 13
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Dragon Transfer 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 14