Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional Line, Other Continuations
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6
Main Transpositions
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 to 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nf3 to 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Nf3 to 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nf3 to 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3
Most Popular
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 (662/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 (937/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (1614/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 (1037/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 (12903/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
TCEC Games
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 (1cp, 86/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Bc5 (3cp, 12/M, TCEC +2=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Ne2 O-O (19cp, 46/M, TCEC +1=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 f5 (66cp, 2/M, TCEC +1=5-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 (2cp, 147/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 (3cp, 180/M, TCEC +1=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nge2 a6 6. d3 b5 (-14cp, 1/M, TCEC +1=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Bg4 (112cp, 1/M, TCEC +2=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 (99cp, 5/M, TCEC +3=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O (50cp, 23/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O (50cp, 12/M, TCEC +2=4-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O (7cp, 12/M, TCEC +1=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 a6 (77cp, 12/M, TCEC +5=5-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 (2cp, 170/M, TCEC +1=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 (1cp, 228/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 (8cp, 180/M, TCEC +2=0-2). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nf6 5. Nec3 a6 6. a4 Nb4 (43cp, 0/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. Ne2 e5 6. Ng3 (18cp, 1/M, TCEC +1=0-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. Ne2 d5 6. e5 Qb6 (86cp, 0/M, TCEC +0=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 (1cp, 12903/M, TCEC +30=31-17). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
Biased Popular Lines
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Ke7 10. c3 dxc3 (238cp, -49cp; 9/M, 79%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Ke7 (189cp, -75cp; 13/M, 46%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Be5 (262cp, -148cp; 7/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 (113cp, -108cp; 32/M, 69%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 Be5 (145cp, -140cp; 9/M, 21%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O b6 (104cp, -77cp; 15/M, 45%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 (72cp, -45cp; 10/M, 30%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 (66cp, -58cp; 10/M, 11%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 a6 (72cp, -60cp; 12/M, 38%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 (130cp, -88cp; 8/M, 73%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 (68cp, -33cp; 25/M, 64%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
Lines with Disagreement to Human Master Play
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 exd5 (137cp, -109cp; 5/M, 98%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Ke7 (189cp, -75cp; 13/M, 46%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Be5 (262cp, -148cp; 7/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 (113cp, -108cp; 32/M, 69%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 Be5 (145cp, -140cp; 9/M, 21%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O b6 (104cp, -77cp; 15/M, 45%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O a6 (126cp, -99cp; 7/M, 20%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 (72cp, -60cp; 6/M, 40%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 a6 (85cp, -87cp; 6/M, 31%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 a6 (72cp, -60cp; 12/M, 38%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 (130cp, -88cp; 8/M, 73%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
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