That's because it isn't the closed sicilian.... normally in the closed sicilian the bishop goes to g2 with a fianchetto pawn structure
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What is it then?
Apr 7, 2010
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It is called the Rossolimo or Nezmetdinov variation of the Sicilian. ECO classifies it as B30 to B31. One of my games went like this:
I can't find this line of the closed sicilian on the internet. Do any of you guys know what it is called? (Looks like the Rossolimo)