Chess opening · ECO B20
Sicilian Defense
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1. e4 c5
Sicilian Defense is catalogued under ECO code B20. It is reached after 1 move (2 half-moves): 1. e4 c5. After the last move it is White to play. White opens 1. e4. It is the defining line of the Sicilian Defense family, which has 391 catalogued lines in total. Many deeper lines continue from here, listed below.
Comes from
Continues with
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon AttackB20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler AttackB20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick VariationB20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak AttackB20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob VariationB20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres VariationB20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's OpeningB20
- Sicilian Defense: Kronberger VariationB20
- Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne AttackB20
- Sicilian Defense: Mengarini VariationB20
More Sicilian Defense lines
- Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with a4B20
- Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with h4B20
- Sicilian Defense: Staunton-Cochrane VariationB20
- Sicilian Defense: Wing GambitB20
- Sicilian Defense: McDonnell AttackB21
- Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra GambitB21
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin VariationB22
- Sicilian Defense: ClosedB23