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ECO B84: Sicilian Defense

ECO B84 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6.

That position has come up in 729,283 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.5%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 48.5%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 12
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 14
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 14