ECO B73: Sicilian Defense
ECO B73 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3.
That position has come up in 250,509 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.5%, 6.2% were drawn and Black won 46.3%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 |
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| Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Battery Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 |
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| Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5 |
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