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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nc3/2...a6
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Sicilian, Closed
2...a6
Statistics
Estimated next move popularity: Nf3 36%, g3 30%, f4 16%, Nge2 8%, a4 7%, d3 1%, g4 1%, Bc4 1%, other moves less than 0.4%.
Theory table
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6
3
Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
Nf3e6
to 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3
g3b5
Sicilian, Closed
Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. 1-8574-4221-0.
Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. 0-8129-3084-3.