Exact catalogue record

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian InvitationA04

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A04, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).

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4. Other records under Zukertort Opening
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ECO code

A04

Opening family

Zukertort Opening

Recorded half-moves

2

Last numbered move

1

Side to move

White

Castling rights

White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside

Material

Material is level

FEN

rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 2

Scope of this record

This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.

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Comes from

• Zukertort Opening (A04)

Main continuations

• Zukertort Opening: Speelsmet Gambit (A04)
• Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation (A04)
• Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Polish Variation (A04)
• Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation (A04)

Other records under Zukertort Opening

These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.

• Zukertort Opening (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense, Drunken Knight Variation (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry Variation (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04)
• Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit (A04)

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