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Opening· 11 plies

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B80), reached after 11 half-moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+.

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation ECO B80
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About this opening

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B80. 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 11 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+.

It belongs to the Sicilian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Scheveningen Variation → Vitolins Variation line). The immediate parent line is Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, transitioned via 6.Bb5+.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 c5, 2.Nf3 e6, 3.d4 cxd4, 4.Nxd4 Nf6, 5.Nc3 d6, 6.Bb5+. 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.