Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Alapin Variation › Anti-Alapin Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Alapin Variation B22
- Anti-Alapin Gambit B22 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Anti-Alapin Gambit
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Anti-Alapin Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B22, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B22
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
198,064 games · White 46.4% / Draw 6.4% / Black 47.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 99,173 | |
| c4 | 41,490 | |
| Nf3 | 29,233 | |
| Bb5+ | 13,073 | |
| Qa4+ | 8,157 | |
| Bc4 | 3,223 | |
| d6 | 1,061 | |
| Na3 | 907 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:20:58
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