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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 › Chelyabinsk Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Sicilian Defense B20
  4. Sicilian Defense B27
  5. Old Sicilian B30
  6. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
  7. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
  8. Sicilian Defense: Open B32
  9. Sicilian Defense: Open B33
  10. Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation B33
  11. Sveshnikov Variation B33
  12. Chelyabinsk Variation B33 you are here
B33

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as 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 begins with 17 plies and takes 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. Nd5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B33
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
17
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation

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Statistics from Lichess

1,007,360 games · White 47.6% / Draw 7.3% / Black 45.1%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Be7935,952
Qa5+41,811
Be618,164
h67,419
Rb81,150
Bb71,078
b4788
Ne7359

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:14:08

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation:

https://chesscodex.org/openings/sicilian-defense-lasker-pelikan-variation-sveshnikov-variation-chelyabinsk-variation