How many Sicilian variations can you name

I can think of about 30

1. Sicilian Najdorf
2. Sicilian Dragon
3. Sicilian Scheveningen
4. Classical Sicilian
5. Sicilian Taimanov
6. Sicilian Kan
7. Sicilian Four Knights
8. Sicilian Pin Variation (a.k.a. Sicilian Counter-Attack)
9. Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
10. Sicilian Sveshnikov
11. Anti-Sveshnikov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
12. Sicilian Kalashnikov
13. Sicilian Lowenthal
14. Ga-Pa Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6)
15. Sicilian Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6)
16. Nimzovich Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
17. Closed Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
18. Tiviakov Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
19. Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4)
20. Tal Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6)
21. Toilet Variation (1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3)
22. Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3)
23. Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4)
24. Deferred Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 3.b4)
25. Rossolimo (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
26. Moscow (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
27. Snyder (1.e4 c5 2.b3)
28. King's Indian Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3)
29. Keres Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Ne2)
30. Bowlder Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Bc4)
31. Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c5 2.g3)
32. Kopec System (1.e4, 2.Nf3, 3.c3, 4.Bd3, 5.Bc2)
33. O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
34. Katamylov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6)
35. Quinteros Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Qc7)
36. Wayward Queen Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Qh5)
37. Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
38. Prins Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3!)

Hate to be a buzzkill ThrillerFan but I the O'Kelly Sicilian is 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6.

To add to that we have:

39. Sicilian Chameleon System (1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 3. Ne2)

40. Sicilian Pelikan (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb5 d6 7. Bg5 Be6)

and this gives us a nice even number.

2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 is the Poisoned Pawn.

7...b5 is the Polugaevsky.

6.Be3 intending f3 and queenside castling is the English Attack.  6...e6 7.g4 leads into the Perenyi.

6.Be2 e5 is the Boleslavsky.

Some people call 6.Bc4 the Fischer variation.

5...Nc6 6.Bg5 is the Richter-Rauzer.

6.Bc4 is the Sozin-Velimirovic.

5...g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 is the Yugoslav Dragon.  ...h5 is the Soltis.  ...Rb8 is a Chinese Dragon.

5...e6 6.g4 is the Keres Attack.

Positions where White has pawns at c4 and e4 are called the Maroczy Bind.

In the Big Clamp, white plays d3 g3 Bg2 f4 c3 in some order.

The Sniper is a system where Black plays 1.e4 g6 2...Bg7 3...c5 transposing into a Sicilian.

2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 is called the Chekhover.

2.Na3 is getting called the Zvagintsev.

Yep, well aware, brain did one thing, fingers did something else.  Correcting it.

You are still only at 39.

Pelikan and Sveshnikov are the same thing.  Kinda like the Taimanov and the Paulsen - same thing.

Is it true that the Ga-Pa (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6) used to be called the Godiva which used to be called the Grivas?

And why is it called the Ga-Pa?  Does it have anything to do with Sylwia Gapa?

AFAIK the Grivas is 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Qb6 and the GaPa is the related 2...e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Qb6.

Hey, thanks!  I did a little research just now and found that it's really the Gaw-Paw with the 2...e6, and the Godiva (aka Grivas) with the 2...Nc6.

Ga-Pa, probably a typo for Gaw-Paw???

I can tell you one...The mafia! Lose or its concrete slippers for you...

41-Sicilian, grob variation 1-e4 c5 2-g4

I think No. 24, the deferred wing gambit is incorrect; I believe it should be:

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4.

I'm not sure what the listing is above, but 1. e4 c5 2. a3 is called the Mengarini Variation.

I think it's Ga Pa with some sort of Swedish accent on both a's, pronounced "Gao Pao" if I'm remembering right...

You do realize you're getting me hungry for Chinese food?!

...or maybe some Swedish meatballs...

Looks like there's probably over 100 major Sicilian variations. I've attempted a list organized by categories.  Please help comment, correct, edit, add to, etc., this listing if you like.

Open Sicilians: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3:

 Openings with 2...d6:

1. Najdorf ( 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6)

2. Najdorf, Poisoned-Pawn (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6)

3. Najdorf, Polugaevsky (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5)

4. Najdorf, English Attack (aka Modern Main Line) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3)

5. Dragodorf (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 g6) (with Bg7 and Nbd7 planned)

6. Najdorf, English Attack, Perenyi Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4)

7. Najdorf, Opovcensky (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2)

8. Najdorf, Opovcensky, Boleslavsky (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3)

9. Najdorf, Amsterdam (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4)

10. Najdorf, Fischer-Sozin Attack (aka Lipnitzky) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4)

11. Najdorf, Zagreb (aka Fianchetto Variation) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3)

12. Najdorf, Adams Attack  (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3)

13. Najdorf, Petronic Attack (aka Freak Attack) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1)

14. Dragon (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6)
15. Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6)
16. Chinese Dragon (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rb8)
17. Dragon, Yugoslav, Soltis (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5)
18. Dragon, Harrington-Glek (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qd2)
19. Classical Dragon (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2)
20. Dragon, Levenfish Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4)

21. Scheveningen (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6)
22. Scheveningen, Keres Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4)

23. Classical (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6)
24. Classical, Richter-Rauzer Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5)
25. Classical, Richter-Rauzer Attack, Traditional (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2)
26. Classical, Sozin (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4)
27. Classical, Anti-Sozin (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6)
28. Classical, Velimirović Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3)
29. Classical, Boleslavsky (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2)
30. Classical, Boleslavsky, Louma (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6)

31. Venice Attack (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5)
32. Kupreichik (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7)
33. Prins (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3)
34. Chekhover (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4)
35. Chekhover, with Maróczy Bind (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4)
36. Deferred Wing Gambit (3. b4)
37. Delayed Alapin (3. c3)
38. Canal-Sokolsky (aka Moscow) (3. Bb5+)

Openings with 2...Nc6:

39. Chelyabinsk (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5)
40. Sveshnikov (aka Lasker-Pelikan) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5)
41. Anti-Sveshnikov (3. Nc3)
42. Kalashnikov (aka Neo-Sveshnikov) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6)
43. Löwenthal (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6)
44. Grivas (aka Godiva) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6)
45. Accelerated Dragon (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6)
46. Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (3. Bb5)
- Taimanov, listed in openings with 2...e6, but can be reached via (2...Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6)

Openings with 2...e6:

47. Taimanov (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6)

48. Taimanov, Szén (aka Anti-Taimanov) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5)
49. Taimanov, Maróczy Bind (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4)

50. Taimanov, Szén, Hedgehog (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6)

51. Taimanov, Szén, Dely-Kasparov Gambit (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5)

52. Taimanov, Normal (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3)
53. Taimanov, Bastrikov (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7)

54. Kan (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6)

55. Kan, Knight Variation (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3)

56. Kan, Modern Variation (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3)

57. Kan, Modern Var., Polugaevsky Var. (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5)
58. Kan, Maróczy Bind (aka Reti Var.) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4)

59. Four Knights (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6)

60. Four Knights Exchange (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6)

61. Four Knights, Chelyabinsk (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5)

62. Pin (aka Sicilian Counter-Attack) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4)
63. Gaw-Paw (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6)

64. King's Indian Attack (3. d3)

Openings with another 2nd move for black:
 

65. O'Kelly Variation (2...a6)

66. Katalymov Variation (2...b6)
67. Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (aka Hungarian) (2...g6)

68. Quinteros Variation (2...Qc7)
69. Nimzovich-Rubinstein (2...Nf6)
 

Openings with another 2nd move for white:

70. Closed Sicilian, Main Line (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6)
71. Closed Sicilian, Tiviakov (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5)
72. Closed Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4)

73. Closed Sicilian, Grob Attack (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g4)

74. Closed Sicilian, Chameleon System (2. Nc3 with 3. Ne2)

75. Myers (aka The Scud) (2. a4)

76. Snyder (2. b3)
77. Wing Gambit (2. b4)

78. Wing Gambit, Marshall (2. b4 cxb4 3. a3)

79. Wing Gambit, Carlsbad (2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3)

80. Alapin (2. c3)

81. Big Clamp Formation (2. d3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. f4)

Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3)

82. Classical Main Line (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. h3 or 10.Be3)

83. Morra-Scheveningen (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 (or Be7) 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 (probably inferior Qa5) 10. Bf4 (10.Bg5) Be7

84. Siberian (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Nf6 and 7...Qc7, with the idea being after 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Qe2 Ng4!, 9. h3?? loses to the famous "Siberian Trap" 9...Nd4!, winning the queen. If instead White plays 9. Rd1, preventing 9...Nd4, black can continue with 9...Bc5 with a clearly better game.)

85. Nge7 variations (4. Nxc3 Nc6 (or 4...e6) 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 (Nge7) 7. 0-0 Nge7 (d6 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Bg5 h6) 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3)

86. 6...a6 Defence (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 eventually 7...Bg4)

87. Morra Fianchetto (4. Nxc3 g6 (4...Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 allows 6. h4!?) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Nc6)

88. Chicago Defence (4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. 0-0 and black plays ...Ra7 at some stage)

89. Early queenside fianchetto (4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7)

90. Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Advance (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3)

91. McDonnell Attack (2. f4)
92. Toilet Variation (2. f4 d5 3. Nc3)
93. Tal Gambit (2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6)

94. Steinitz (aka Lasker-Dunne) (2. g3)

95. Kronberger (aka Zvyagintsev) (2. Na3)

96. Keres (2. Ne2)
97. Bowlder Attack (2. Bc4)
98. Wayward Queen Attack (2. Qh5)

Others:

99. Kopec System for white (1. e4, 2. Nf3, 3. c3, 4. Bd3, 5. Bc2)

SO how the hell does anybody play that opening and keep track of all that?

wow you guys are nerds

I'll only mention, one 'line'; Since it strikes me as the one, that some 'sharpie' will only 'name' at the very last; If then!?

" 'Kopec' Sicilian"; Entered into, at 'white's discretion; And given 'black's 2nd move 'cooperation'. 1. e4, c5 {2} nf3, d6 {3} c3; Likely followed, by {4} bd3, {5} bc2 & {6} d3.

 A 'closed' opening/ 'reversed 'King's Indian' strategy, for white; Without the k-side, fianchetto. {it Does tend to 'throw' more-than-a-few, black players; Off of, their prepared/ intuitive, early-move, game!

I can name several:

1. "Oh no -- not this crap."

2. "Ughh, screw me."

3. "Damn.  This again for the 37th time."

4. "Umm . . . Let me get my Chess Openings Book."

And my personal favorite . . . .

5.  "Well, at least it wasn't 1... d4!"