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ECO B68: Sicilian Defense

ECO B68 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files one named line under it. It is Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7.

That position has come up in 31,445 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.2%, 7.0% were drawn and Black won 44.8%.