St. George Defense: San Jorge Variation

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7

St. George Defense: San Jorge Variation after 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 87654321abcdefgh

The St. George Defense: San Jorge Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B00, reached after 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7. It is a line of the St. George 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: +1.28 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7. a4 Nd7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8)

ECO
B00
Moves
12 plies
FEN
rn1qk1nr/1bp1ppbp/p2p2p1/1p6/3PP3/2PB1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 1 7
PGN
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7

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St. George Defense 1. e4 a6

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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.