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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 ◀ Undo move

♞ You have reached Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation B42 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.

Book continuations

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Matching openings 1

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