ECO B85: Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation
ECO B85 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it.
The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6.
All of them are lines of the
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation.
The most played is
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation,
reached in 22,191 rated Lichess games.
That position has come up in 7,851 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.2%, 4.6% were drawn and Black won 48.1%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6 |
7,851 | 8 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 |
22K | 9 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 |
1,907 | 10 moves |
| Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O |
16K | 10 moves |