Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
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Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B40.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3, after 5 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: French Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation, Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation.
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- ECO code
- B40
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
5,356,823 games · White 48.6% / Draw 5.1% / Black 46.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d5 | 1,952,133 | |
| Nc6 | 1,228,777 | |
| Nf6 | 898,379 | |
| a6 | 756,295 | |
| d6 | 154,497 | |
| b6 | 80,845 | |
| Qc7 | 73,592 | |
| Ne7 | 53,714 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:08:41
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