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ECO B79: Sicilian Defense

ECO B79 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Bb3.

That position has come up in 14,002 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.3%, 5.8% were drawn and Black won 49.9%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Bb3 23
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Soltis Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8 12. Bb3 h5 24