Name as many Sicilian variations as possible.

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ThrillerFan

I do not see any of the following mentioned yet:

Kalashnikov (not the same as the Lowenthal, which is 5...a6 - Kalashnikov is 5...d6)

Four Knights Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6)

Levenfish Attack (6.f4 against the Dragon)

Hyper-accelerated Dragon (2...g6)

Nimzowitsch Variation (2...Nf6)

ThrillerFan
MichalMalkowski wrote:

Can one explain, why Sicilian is a "defence"? I mean 1...e5 is not a defence, merely a goup of openings - Italian game, Spanish game, Russian game, Vienna game etc. depending on next couple of moves.

Sicilian seems to be as much variation heavy, yet these are all variations of a defence rather then seperate openings.

 

Attacks refer to lines specifically defined by a line that ends with a move of White's.  So do "Openings" (like the Catalan Opening) or Games (like the Scotch Game)

A Defense is a line defined where the ultimate move that defines the opening is determined by a move by Black.

 

Examples:

The Kings Indian Defense, Four Pawns Attack

1.d4 (Not defined yet) Nf6 (still not defined) 2.c4 (still undefined) g6 (still undefined) 3.Nc3 (still undefined) Bg7 (BAM! We now have the Kings Indian "Defense" while 3...d5 would be the Grunfeld "Defense") 4.e4 d6 5.f4 (BAM! This is the Four Pawns "Attack" defined after 5.f4)

 

Others:  

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 (Philidor's DEFENSE)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (Russian DEFENSE  or Petrov's DEFENSE)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Spanish OPENING)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Italian GAME) 3...Nf6 (Two Knights DEFENSE).

 

1.e4 c5 (Sicilian DEFENSE) 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 (Yugoslav ATTACK)

 

I hope you get the point by now.

openingchanger

Grand Prix 

Yugoslav Attack

Stauton-cochrane Variation(2 c4)

JYang2007
Sicillian defense - Halazs gambit
JYang2007
Halasz gambit*
RIP_Your_Rating
ThrillerFan wrote:

I do not see any of the following mentioned yet:

Kalashnikov (not the same as the Lowenthal, which is 5...a6 - Kalashnikov is 5...d6)

Four Knights Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6)

Levenfish Attack (6.f4 against the Dragon)

Hyper-accelerated Dragon (2...g6)

Nimzowitsch Variation (2...Nf6)

Pretty sure that people mentioned the Hyper-Acc'ed Dragon, Nimzo, and Kalashnikov...

1e4c6_O-1
king david opening 



mercatorproject

If mentioned already, I apologise, but I do not think the following are here.

Keres

Paulsen

Tartakover

Pelikan

Maroczy Bind

Polerio

The trouble may be that the Sicilian may have different names for the same moves or for want of a term sub-variations. It may have been been called the Greco once.

Jayroowo

Chelyabinsk, Katalymov

Jayroowo

Chelyabinsk, Katalymov

Marty435

fischer sozin attack

Marty435

opocensky

iofferyoutoresign

maroczy bind

Kamamura

Closed sicilian (2. Nc3...)

2. c3 sicilian

3. Bb5 systems (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb5!?. ... or with 2... e6 instead of Nf6)

Kamamura

The Rusakov-Kotienochkin system (1. e4 c5 2. a3?! ... )

The Kamurocho variation ( 1. e4 c5 2. h3?! ...)

The Sleeping Bear sicilian ( 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6!? )

alain978

Grob variation (one of my favorites)

1-e4 - c5

2- g4

iliachess2007

four knights sicilian

iliachess2007

taimanov

9qjdbacwgshjsusgvz

Closed Classical Dragon Najdorf Grob

nyzaro

the chekhover variation

But this line, unbelievably, has no name!