Chess/Sicilian Defense

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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black kingd7 black pawne7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black pawnd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Sicilian Defense

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Broadly speaking the moves 1. e4 c5 constitute the Sicilian Defence, the most popular response to 1. e4. The Sicilian avoids the more fixed center and gives considerable scope for a variety of variations.

It opening variation have many transpositions.

Overview of main variations

1.e4 c5

  • 2. b4 cxb4 Wing Gambit
  • 2. c3 Nf6 Alapin Variation
  • 2. d4 cxd4 Smith-Morra Gambit
  • 2. f4 d5 Grand Prix Attack
  • 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Closed Sicilian
  • 2. Nf3 Open Sicilian
  • 2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Rossolimo Variation
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 Accelerated Dragon
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Maróczy Bind
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 Lowentral
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 Kalashnikov variation
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 see 2...e6 Taimanov
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 Sveshnikov
  • 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 Sveshnikov
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 Kan
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 Kan
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6, see Taimanov
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 Scheveningen
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 Taimanov
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 Four Knights Variation
  • 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 as 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 Scheveningen
  • 2... d6 3. Bb5+
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 Dragon
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 Classical variation
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Richer-Rauzer
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Sozin
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 Sveshnikov
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 Scheveningen
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 Najdorf
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4
  • 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
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