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Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Battery Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Battery Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B73.
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 17 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B73
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 17
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Statistics from Lichess
107,895 games · White 45.6% / Draw 7.0% / Black 47.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bd7 | 27,387 | |
| Ng4 | 23,421 | |
| a6 | 15,050 | |
| Re8 | 11,558 | |
| Nxd4 | 10,972 | |
| d5 | 7,015 | |
| Ne5 | 2,808 | |
| Bg4 | 2,747 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:14:23
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