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Volume B · Semi-open games‹ B67B69 ›
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · White to move

B68 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation

B68 holds a single named line. It leaves B67, a position of the same name, with 9.f4 Be7. That final move, by the bishop, opens a line for the rook on h8. Of all other reference positions, the board of B69 (Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack) comes closest, six squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3Nc6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4Nf6
5Nc3d6
6Bg5e6
7Qd2a6
8O-O-OBd7
9f4Be7

The road to B68

Five of the 14 named positions on the way are reached by a move order other than their own.

  1. 1.e4 … 7.Qd212 earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B30, B32, B33, B56, B60, B62, B63
  2. 7...a6B66 Early Deviations by another order
  3. 8...Bd7B67 Neo-Modern Variation
  4. 9...Be7B68

The position after 9...Be7

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on d4 and bishop on g5; Black the knight on c6, knight on f6, bishop on d7 and bishop on e7. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. White could capture with Bxa6, Bxf6, Nxc6, Nxe6. White is to move and has 38 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed34Moves spent on pawns35Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half104castled queenside, move 8not castled

Codes that branch off from B68

The reference lines of one other code leave B68 from the position after 9...Be7, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
B6910.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B99Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Lineseven squares: d2, f3, c6, c7, d7, c8, d8
B64Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variationeight squares: a6, a7, d7, c8, e8, f8, g8, h8
B98Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variationnine squares: a1, c1, d1, e1, d2, c6, d7, b8 …
B65Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Rauzer Attackten squares: d4, a6, c6, a7, d7, c8, e8, f8 …
B66Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviationsten squares: a1, c1, d1, e1, f2, f4, d7, e7 …
B61Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation11 squares: a1, c1, d1, e1, f2, f4, a6, e6 …
B96Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation11 squares: a1, c1, d1, e1, d2, c6, d7, e7 …

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 9...Be7. It belongs to the code listed above.

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