Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Tartakower Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8
The Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Tartakower Line is a chess opening classified as ECO B74, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.11 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 11. h3 a6 12. Rf2 Rb8 13. Bf3 Nd7)
- ECO
- B74
- Moves
- 20 plies
- FEN
r1q2rk1/pp2ppbp/2npbnp1/8/4PP2/1NN1B3/PPP1B1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 11- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 77%, draw 8%, Black 15%). The strongest:
- IM Annaberdiev, M. (2501) – FM Orkhan Eminov (2291) 1-0 · TCh-TUR 1st League 2018 · 2018-07-18
- IM Francesco Sonis (2483) – FM Mihailo Djokic (2227) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 26th Jan · 2021-01-26
- IM Terry Farley (2219) – IM Jorge Luis Baules Rodriguez (2355) 1-0 · Online Olym Div3 E 2020 · 2020-08-07
- GM Praveen M Thipsay (2376) – WFM Julia Alboredo (2182) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Aug 10am · 2020-08-04
- IM Logman Guliev (2257) – Dimitry Korol (2287) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Apr Late · 2024-04-09
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Normal Line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
- Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) B20
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit B20
- Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's Opening B20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.