Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation

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Opening Overview: Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation

By playing Nxc6, the player enters the Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation, a setup within the Sicilian Defense complex. Diverging from the common Sicilian Defense (Nc3), this line chooses Nxc6. It succeeds by accepting a riskier evaluation to avoid heavy theory. This move opens lines for pieces. Materially, the position is imbalanced.

Key Plans

  • Simplify to convert the material advantage.
  • Prioritize piece activity and king safety as lines open quickly.
  • Control the key diagonals to exert long-term pressure.
  • Feature: Material Advantage, Open Center, Fianchetto

In the resulting middlegame, players must focus on how to simplify to convert the material advantage. Data analysis shows a 31% win rate for White, indicating equality.

Also known as: Sicilian: Accelerated Fianchetto, Exchange Variation, Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Dragon, Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation

Stockfish Analysis of Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation:
-0.43 Slight Advantage (Black)
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Technical Details for Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation

  • ECO Code: B34
  • Est. Win Rate: W: 31% / B: 40%
  • Moves: 14
  • Aliases: Sicilian: Accelerated Fianchetto, Exchange Variation, Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Dragon, Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation
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