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B76 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

B76 holds four named lines, all under the name Sicilian Defense. It leaves B75 (Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations) with 7...O-O. Queenside castling appears once among its lines, in Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line. Of all other reference positions, the board of B77 (Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line) comes closest, six squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3d6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4Nf6
5Nc3g6
6Be3Bg7
7f3O-O

The move that completes B76

The reference line of B77 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; B76 is the position reached at 7...O-O.

  1. 7...O-O Black castles kingside, opening a line for the queen on d8, guarding the bishop on g7.

Lines filed under B76

All four share the start 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 and then split two ways at Black’s move 7.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack7...O-O14Black castled
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack7...O-O 8.Qd2 Nc616Black castled
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line7...Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O17both castled
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Panov Variation7...O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g417Black castled

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

  1. 7...O-O Black castles kingside, opening a line for the queen on d8, guarding the bishop on g7.
  2. 8.Qd2 The queen goes from d1 to d2, opening a line for the rook on a1, guarding the bishop on e3.
  3. 8...Nc6 The knight leaves b8 for c6, opening a line for the rook on a8, attacking the knight on d4.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line

  1. 7...Nc6 The knight leaves b8 for c6, opening a line for the rook on a8, attacking the knight on d4.
  2. 8.Qd2 The queen goes from d1 to d2, opening a line for the rook on a1, guarding the bishop on e3.
  3. 8...O-O Black castles kingside, opening a line for the queen on d8, guarding the bishop on g7.
  4. 9.O-O-O White castles queenside, guarding the pawn on b2.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Panov Variation

  1. 7...O-O Black castles kingside, opening a line for the queen on d8, guarding the bishop on g7.
  2. 8.Qd2 The queen goes from d1 to d2, opening a line for the rook on a1, guarding the bishop on e3.
  3. 8...Nc6 The knight leaves b8 for c6, opening a line for the rook on a8, attacking the knight on d4.
  4. 9.g4 The g-pawn advances two squares to g4, covering f5 and h5, opening a line for the bishop on f1 and the queen on d2.

The road to B76

  1. 1.e4 … 5...g6eight earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B50, B54, B70
  2. 6.Be3B72 Dragon Variation
  3. 7.f3B75 Early Deviations
  4. 7...O-OB76

The position after 7...O-O

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on d4 and bishop on e3; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on g7. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. White is to move and has 44 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns34Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half83not castledcastled kingside, move 7

Codes that branch off from B76

The reference lines of one other code leave B76 from the position after 8...Nc6, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
B779.Bc4Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B72Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variationseven squares: f2, f3, g7, e8, f8, g8, h8
E81King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defenseseven squares: c1, g1, c2, e3, c4, d4, c7
E82King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Double Fianchettoseven squares: g1, c2, c4, d4, b6, b7, c7
E83King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defenseseven squares: g1, c2, c4, d4, c6, c7, b8
E85King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variationseven squares: g1, c2, c4, d4, e5, c7, e7
E86King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variationseven squares: c2, e2, c4, d4, e5, c6, e7
E89King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Lineseven squares: c2, e2, c4, d4, d5, e5, e7

Where lines continue from here

Ten named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 7...O-O. Besides the codes above, they belong to B78, B79.

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