Chess/Sicilian Defense
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Sicilian Defense
[edit | edit source]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
References
[edit | edit source]- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.