Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3
The Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3 is a chess opening classified as ECO B90, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 460 times by this move order. White won 52%, 2% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 7… Be7 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.28 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7… b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O)
- ECO
- B90
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 247 | |
| 2000+ | 207 | |
| All | 460 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Be7 | 278 (60%) | |
| 7… b5 | 81 (18%) | |
| 7… Qc7 | 40 (9%) | |
| 7… Nbd7 | 25 (5%) | |
| 7… h5 | 14 (3%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 14 (3%) | |
| 7… Bd7 | 3 (1%) | |
| 7… g6 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,302 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 19%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- ScorpioNN 3.0.7.1 (3812) – Stockfish 202003092246 (3936) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Premier 2020 · 2020-03-28
- Stockfish 202003092246 (3936) – ScorpioNN 3.0.7.1 (3812) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Premier 2020 · 2020-03-24
- AllieStein v0.7_dev-net_14.3 (3761) – Stoofvlees II a14 (3730) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-01
- Stoofvlees II a14 (3730) – AllieStein v0.7_dev-net_14.3 (3761) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-05-28
- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) – Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Juplt3rLlk3 (2747) – winx_m (2936) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- IM ManiacalZerker (2789) – tsnylsw (2749) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- BoneCrusher2020 (2750) – tsnylsw (2737) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (5… a6 6. Be3) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
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.