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Reference position · Black to move

B60 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation

B60 holds three named lines, all under the name Sicilian Defense. It leaves B56 (Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation) with 6.Bg5. Lines filed under B61 reach one of its named positions by a different move order. That final move, by the bishop, opens a line for the rook on a1 and the queen on d1 and attacks the knight on f6.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3d6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4Nf6
5Nc3Nc6
6Bg5

Lines filed under B60

All three share the start 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 and then split two ways at Black’s move 2.

NameAfter the shared startPlies
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg511
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Dragon Variation2...Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 g612
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd712

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Dragon Variation

  1. 2...Nc6 The knight leaves b8 for c6, opening a line for the rook on a8.
  2. 3.d4 The d-pawn advances two squares to d4, covering c5 and e5, opening a line for the bishop on c1 and the queen on d1.
  3. 3...cxd4 The c-pawn takes the pawn on d4, covering c3 and e3.
  4. 4.Nxd4 The knight on f3 takes the pawn on d4, opening a line for the queen on d1, attacking the knight on c6.
  5. 4...Nf6 The knight leaves g8 for f6, opening a line for the rook on h8.

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation

  1. 2...d6 The d-pawn advances to d6, covering c5 and e5, opening a line for the bishop on c8 and the queen on d8.
  2. 3.d4 The d-pawn advances two squares to d4, covering c5 and e5, opening a line for the bishop on c1 and the queen on d1.
  3. 3...cxd4 The c-pawn takes the pawn on d4, covering c3 and e3.
  4. 4.Nxd4 The knight on f3 takes the pawn on d4, opening a line for the queen on d1.
  5. 4...Nf6 The knight leaves g8 for f6, opening a line for the rook on h8.

The road to B60

  1. 1.e4 … 4.Nxd4six earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B50
  2. 4...Nf6B54 Main Line
  3. 5...Nc6B56 Classical Variation
  4. 6.Bg5B60

The position after 6.Bg5

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on d4 and bishop on g5; Black the knight on c6 and knight on f6. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. Black could capture with Nxd4, Nxe4. Black is to move and has 33 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns23Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half95not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from B60

The reference lines of two other codes leave B60 from two of its named positions; “From” gives the last part of that position’s name.

CodeFromMovesReference line
B61Modern Variation7.Qd2Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation
B62Richter-Rauzer Variation6...e6Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B57Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Sozin Attackfour squares: c1, f1, c4, g5
B58Sicilian Defense: Classical Variationfour squares: c1, f1, e2, g5
B63Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variationfour squares: d1, d2, e6, e7
B94Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variationfour squares: a6, c6, a7, b8
B33Sicilian Defense: Opensix squares: b1, c1, c3, g5, d6, d7
B66Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviationssix squares: d1, d2, a6, e6, a7, e7
B70Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variationsix squares: c1, g5, c6, g6, g7, b8

Where lines continue from here

Eighteen named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 6.Bg5. Besides the codes above, they belong to B63, B64, B65, B66, B67, B68, B69.

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Other move orders

  • Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation is also reached inside B61 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation, whose order is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7.

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