Chess/Sicilian Defense

=Sicilian Defense= Broadly speaking the moves 1. e4 c5 constitute the Sicilian Defence, the most popular response to 1. e4. The Sicilian avoids the more fixed center and gives considerable scope for a variety of variations.

It opening variation have many transpositions.

Overview of main variations

1.e4 c5
 * 2. b4 cxb4 Wing Gambit
 * 2. c3 Nf6 Alapin Variation
 * 2. d4 cxd4 Smith-Morra Gambit
 * 2. f4 d5 Grand Prix Attack
 * 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Closed Sicilian
 * 2. Nf3 Open Sicilian
 * 2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Rossolimo Variation
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 Accelerated Dragon
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Maróczy Bind
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 Lowentral
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 Kalashnikov variation
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 see 2...e6 Taimanov
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 Sveshnikov
 * 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 Sveshnikov
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 Kan
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 Kan
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6, see Taimanov
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 Scheveningen
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 Taimanov
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 Four Knights Variation
 * 2... e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 as 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 Scheveningen
 * 2... d6 3. Bb5+
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 Dragon
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 Classical variation
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Richer-Rauzer
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Sozin
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 Sveshnikov
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 Scheveningen
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 Najdorf
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4
 * 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3