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Reference position · Black to move

B36 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind

B36 holds two named lines, all under the name Sicilian Defense. It leaves B32 (Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon) with 5.c4. That final move, by the c-pawn, covers b5 and d5 and opens a line for the queen on d1. Of all other reference positions, the board of B37 (Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind) comes closest, two squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3Nc6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4g6
5c4

Lines filed under B36

Both share their first nine plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPlies
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind(the shared start itself)9
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation5...Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d614

Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation

  1. 5...Nf6 The knight leaves g8 for f6, opening a line for the rook on h8.
  2. 6.Nc3 The knight leaves b1 for c3, opening a line for the rook on a1, guarding the pawn on e4.
  3. 6...Nxd4 The knight on c6 takes the knight on d4.
  4. 7.Qxd4 The queen on d1 takes the knight on d4, attacking the knight on f6.
  5. 7...d6 The d-pawn advances to d6, covering c5 and e5, opening a line for the bishop on c8 and the queen on d8.

The road to B36

  1. 1.e4 … 3...cxd4six earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B30, B32
  2. 4.Nxd4B32 Open
  3. 4...g6B32 Accelerated Dragon
  4. 5.c4B36

The position after 5.c4

White has brought out the knight on d4; Black the knight on c6. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. Black could capture with Nxd4. Black is to move and has 26 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed11Moves spent on pawns33Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half82not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from B36

The reference lines of one other code leave B36 from the position after 5.c4, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
B375...Bg7Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B34Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variationfour squares: c2, c4, d4, c6
B38Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bindfour squares: c1, e3, g7, f8
B33Sicilian Defense: Opensix squares: c2, c4, f6, g6, g7, g8
B44Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variationsix squares: c2, c4, e6, g6, e7, g7
B54Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Accelerated Dragonsix squares: c2, c4, c6, d6, d7, b8
C45Scotch Gamesix squares: c2, c4, g6, c7, e7, g7
B06Modern Defenseeight squares: g1, c2, d2, c4, d4, c6, c7, b8

Where lines continue from here

Four named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 5.c4. Besides the codes above, they belong to B38, B39.

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