Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation (7… Be6 8. Be3)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
The Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B92, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black 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: +0.18 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8… Be7 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5)
- ECO
- B92
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2828) – GM Ahmed Adly (2611) 1-0 · PRO League Group Stage · 2019-02-20
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
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- 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.