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Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation trainer

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Practise the Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation

This page covers the main line of the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defense: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 4 named lines that continue it, such as Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation, Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation, Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Peresypkin's Sacrifice.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.