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Sicilian Defense

Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Czerniak Variation

B77tacticalaggressive

  1. 1.e4c5
  2. 2.Nf3d6
  3. 3.d4cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4Nf6
  5. 5.Nc3g6
  6. 6.Be3Bg7
  7. 7.f3Nc6
  8. 8.Qd2O-O
  9. 9.Bc4Nxd4
  10. 10.Bxd4Be6
606 games47%45%

A Yugoslav Attack line of the Dragon Sicilian in which Black trades knights on d4 and challenges White's c4-bishop with ...Be6.

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About the Czerniak Variation

The Czerniak Variation arises when Black, after 9. Bc4, exchanges knights with 9...Nxd4 10. Bxd4 and then contests the a2–g8 diagonal with 10...Be6. The idea is to neutralize White's light-squared bishop immediately, rather than spending time on ...Bd7 and ...Rc8. White most often retreats with 11. Bb3 or trades with 11. Bxe6, while 11. Nd5 is a rarer try. The engine rates White's edge as slight, and results are close to even.

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