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ECO B63: Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation

ECO B63 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation.

That position has come up in 278,385 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.7%, 6.4% were drawn and Black won 43.9%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 278K 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 128K 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Ivanov Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 3,735 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation, Kantscher Line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 2,366 10 moves