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B85 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♕c7 6.♗e2 a6 7.O-O ♘f6 8.♗e3 ♗e7 9.f4 d6 10.♕e1 O-O

B85 is the opening Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line of the volume B · Semi-open games: 20 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

5,560 games in the collections, from 1904 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2439.

White wins 32 %, draws 40 %, Black wins 28 %

Most games: Jansa, Vlastimil (98), Sax, Gyula (55), Kempinski, Robert (54), Sokolov, Andrei (54), Zelcic, Robert (53)

All 4 variations

  1. Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♕c7 6.♗e2 a6 7.O-O ♘f6 8.♗e3 ♗e7 9.f4 d6 10.♕e1 O-O
  2. Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.♗e2 ♕c7 8.O-O ♘c6
  3. Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♕c7 6.♗e2 a6 7.O-O ♘f6 8.♗e3 d6 9.f4
  4. Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♕c7 6.♗e2 a6 7.O-O ♘f6 8.♔h1 ♗e7 9.f4 d6 10.a4