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Volume B · Semi-open games‹ B37B39 ›
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · Black to move

B38 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind

B38 holds a single named line. It leaves B37, a position of the same name, with 6.Be3. That final move, by the bishop, opens a line for the queen on d1. Of all other reference positions, the board of B36 (Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind) comes closest, four squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3Nc6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4g6
5c4Bg7
6Be3

The road to B38

  1. 1.e4 … 4...g6eight earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B30, B32
  2. 5.c4B36 Maróczy Bind
  3. 5...Bg7B37 Maróczy Bind
  4. 6.Be3B38

The position after 6.Be3

White has brought out the knight on d4 and bishop on e3; Black the knight on c6 and bishop on g7. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. Black could capture with Bxd4, Nxd4. Black is to move and has 30 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed22Moves spent on pawns33Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half82not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from B38

The reference lines of one other code leave B38 from the position after 6.Be3, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
B396...Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B35Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variationseven squares: b1, f1, c2, c3, c4, f6, g8
B34Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variationeight squares: c1, c2, e3, c4, d4, c6, g7, f8
B33Sicilian Defense: Opennine squares: c1, c2, e3, c4, f6, g6, g7, f8 …
B44Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variationnine squares: c1, c2, e3, c4, e6, g6, e7, g7 …
C45Scotch Gamenine squares: c1, c2, e3, c4, g6, c7, e7, g7 …
B32Sicilian Defense: Openten squares: c1, c2, e3, f3, c4, d4, c5, g6 …
B54Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Accelerated Dragonten squares: c1, c2, e3, c4, c6, d6, d7, g7 …

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 6.Be3. It belongs to the code listed above.

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