Sicilian Defense
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Named variations of the Sicilian Defense
Our opening book catalogues 279 named variations in this family. Here are the first 120:
- Amazon Attack
- Anti-Qxd4 Move-Order
- Anti-Qxd4 Move-Order Accepted
- Anti-Qxd4 Move-Order Accepted, Cortlever Variation
- Big Clamp Formation
- Bowdler Attack
- Brick Variation
- Brussels Gambit
- Brussels, Double-Dutch Gambit
- Bücker Variation
- Canal Attack
- Canal, Dorfman Gambit
- Canal, Main Line
- Canal, Main Line, Haag Gambit
- Canal, Main Line, Sokolsky Variation
- Canal, Moscow Gambit
- Chekhover Variation
- Chekhover, Zaitsev Defense
- Cowboy Attack
- Cowboy, Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit
- Cowboy, Queenside Fianchetto Variation
- Deferred Smith-Morra Gambit
- Deferred Wing Gambit
- Delayed Alapin Variation
- Delayed Alapin, Basman-Palatnik Double Gambit
- Delayed Alapin, Basman-Palatnik Gambit
- Drazic Variation
- Four Knights Variation
- Four Knights, American Attack
- Four Knights, Cobra Variation
- French Variation
- French, Deferred Wing Gambit
- French, Taimanov, Bastrikov, English Attack
- Gaw-Paw Variation
- Grob Variation
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Acton Extension Variation
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto Variation
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto, Frederico Variation
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto, Pterodactyl Defense
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto, Pterodactyl, Exchange Variation
- Jalalabad Variation
- Kan Variation
- Kan, Knight Variation
- Kan, Knight Variation, Wing Attack
- Kan, Knight Variation, Wing, Christiansen's Dream Variation
- Kan, Knight Variation, Wing, Fianchetto Variation
- Kan, Knight Variation, Wing, Spraggett Attack
- Kan, Maróczy Bind Formation
- Kan, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation
- Kan, Maróczy Bind, Hedgehog Variation
- Kan, Modern Variation
- Kan, Modern, Gipslis Variation
- Kan, Modern, Polugaevsky Variation
- Kan, Modern, Swiss Cheese Variation
- Katalimov Variation
- Keres Variation
- King David's Opening
- Kotov Gambit
- Kramnik Variation
- Kronberger Variation
- Kronberger, Nemeth Gambit
- Kveinis Variation
- Lasker-Dunne Attack
- Marshall Counterattack
- McDonnell Attack
- McDonnell, Bryntse Gambit
- McDonnell, Bryntse, Batavo Gambit
- McDonnell, Tal Gambit
- Mengarini Variation
- Mongoose Variation
- Myers Attack
- Myers Attack with 2.h4
- Nimzowitsch Variation
- Nimzowitsch, Advance Variation
- Nimzowitsch, Advance, Exchange Variation
- Nimzowitsch, Advance, Rubinstein Countergambit
- Nimzowitsch, Closed
- Normal Line
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Brooklyn Retreat Defense
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto, Gufeld Gambit
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto, Gurgenidze Variation
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto, Lutikov Gambit
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto, Totsky Attack
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, San Francisco Gambit
- O'Kelly Variation
- O'Kelly, Aronin System
- O'Kelly, Cortlever Gambit
- O'Kelly, Kieseritzky System
- O'Kelly, Maróczy Bind Formation
- O'Kelly, Maróczy Bind, Geller Line
- O'Kelly, Maróczy Bind, Paulsen Line
- O'Kelly, Maróczy Bind, Robatsch Line
- O'Kelly, Normal System
- O'Kelly, Quiet System
- O'Kelly, Réti System
- O'Kelly, Smith-Morra Line
- O'Kelly, Taimanov Line
- O'Kelly, Venice System
- O'Kelly, Venice, Barcza Line
- O'Kelly, Venice, Gambit Line
- O'Kelly, Venice, Ljubojević Line
- O'Kelly, Venice, Steiner Line
- O'Kelly, Wing Gambit
- O'Kelly, Yerevan System
- O'Kelly, Zagorovsky Line
- Old Sicilian Variation
- Old Sicilian, Open, Accelerated Dragon Variation
- Open
- Open Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Simagin Variation
- Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
- Open, Classical Variation
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