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Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation

The Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense is a line of the Open Sicilian in which Black sets up a "small centre" with pawns on d6 and e6. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 9 named lines that continue it, such as Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Vitolins Variation, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Matanovic Attack, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Fianchetto Variation, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Tal Variation.

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