Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line
ECO: B77Semi-Open Games1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line
The Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line is a line of the Sicilian Defense, catalogued under ECO code B77 in the Semi-Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Sicilian Defense has 391 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Sicilian Defense
- Sicilian DefenseB27 · 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin VariationB22 · 1.e4 c5 2.c3
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon AttackB20 · 1.e4 c5 2.Qg4
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler AttackB20 · 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4
- Sicilian Defense: Brick VariationB20 · 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3
- Sicilian Defense: ClosedB23 · 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak AttackB20 · 1.e4 c5 2.b3
- Sicilian Defense: Grob VariationB20 · 1.e4 c5 2.g4