Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Old Sicilian › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Old Sicilian B30
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon B32 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B32.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
The line arises from 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Open, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 4 notable variations — Exchange Variation, Maróczy Bind, Modern Variation, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 13 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- B32
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Sicilian Defense: Open
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 13
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Statistics from Lichess
8,961,410 games · White 46.6% / Draw 5.4% / Black 47.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 4,139,243 | |
| Nxc6 | 1,561,421 | |
| Be3 | 1,143,419 | |
| c4 | 1,133,450 | |
| Bc4 | 308,380 | |
| c3 | 255,861 | |
| Bb5 | 95,558 | |
| Be2 | 71,348 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:48:08
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Variations (4)
Show all 13 sub-variations (full subtree)
- B34 Exchange Variation 9-ply
- B36 Maróczy Bind 9-ply
- B34 Modern Variation 9-ply
- B73 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit 19-ply
- B37 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind 10-ply
- B36 Gurgenidze Variation 14-ply
- B35 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation 13-ply
- B74 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Alekhine Line 18-ply
- B74 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Spielmann Variation 23-ply
- B38 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind 11-ply
- B37 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Simagin Variation 14-ply
- B35 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Modern Bc4 Variation 14-ply
- B39 Breyer Variation 14-ply