Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Sicilian Defense › Old Sicilian › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Open › Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation › Sveshnikov Variation › Novosibirsk Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Old Sicilian B30
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B32
- Sicilian Defense: Open B33
- Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation B33
- Sveshnikov Variation B33
- Novosibirsk Variation B33 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B33.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It is reached after 20 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- B33
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 20
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