ECO B65: Sicilian Defense
ECO B65 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Rauzer Attack:
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 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4.
That position has come up in 8,687 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.3%, 8.0% were drawn and Black won 45.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Rauzer Attack | 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 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 |
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| 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 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 |
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