Library/Openings/Sicilian Defense/Dragon Variation/Classical Variation/Stockholm Attack ECO B74
Opening· 27 plies

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Stockholm Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B74), reached after 27 half-moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. g4.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Stockholm Attack ECO B74
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About this opening

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Stockholm Attack is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B74. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 27 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. g4.

It belongs to the Sicilian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Dragon Variation → Classical Variation → Stockholm Attack line). The immediate parent line is Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, transitioned via 14.g4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 c5, 2.Nc3 d6, 3.f4 Nc6, 4.Nf3 g6, 5.d4 cxd4, 6.Nxd4 Bg7. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.