Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › French Variation › Open › Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation › Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- French Variation B40
- Open B40
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation B41
- Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation B41 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B41.
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 9 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Hedgehog Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 3 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- B41
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
1,361,521 games · White 48.0% / Draw 5.3% / Black 46.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qc7 | 549,929 | |
| Nf6 | 380,219 | |
| Nc6 | 157,348 | |
| b6 | 92,435 | |
| d6 | 64,805 | |
| Bc5 | 34,134 | |
| Ne7 | 19,066 | |
| g6 | 12,966 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:00:30
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