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Practise the Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation
The Kan Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6) is a flexible line of the Sicilian Defense, named after Ilya Kan and also called the Paulsen Variation after Louis Paulsen. Play Black's moves of the line from memory —
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 — and the trainer plays
White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.
"Drill all" adds the 12 named lines that continue it, such as Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Hedgehog Variation, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Swiss Cheese Variation.
Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.