Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. d4/3...cxd4/4. Nxd4/4...Nf6/5. Nc3/5...e5/6. Ndb5/6...d6/7. Bg5
Sveshnikov Sicilian | |
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) | |
Moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 |
Sveshnikov Sicilian
editMoves:1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5
Pinning the knight on f6 is whites main continuation in this line. This increases the pressure on d5 by taking one of the defenders out and also protects the e4 pawn, which is very important if the knight on c3 gets driven away by blacks b-pawn.
Theory table
edit1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
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Bg5 a6 |
Na3 b5 |
Bxf6 gxf6 |
Nd5 f5 |
Bd3 Be6 |
+= |
References
edit- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.