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Caissa Codex
King's Pawn Game B00
Sicilian Defense B20
Closed B23
Traditional B23
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation B24
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B24

Sicilian Defense: Closed

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Closed is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B24.

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 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6.

It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Sicilian Defense: Closed.

Together the deeper variations number 8 across the full subtree.

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ECO code: B24
Group: Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies: 6
Parent: Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation
Direct variations: 1
Total in subtree: 8

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Statistics from Lichess

1,130,290 games · White 49.4% / Draw 6.2% / Black 44.4%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Bg2	1,080,937
d3	39,664
Nge2	3,874
f4	2,803
Nf3	960
h4	693
Nh3	248
b3	233

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:21:07

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Variations (1)

B24 Sicilian Defense: Closed

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