B33: Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation

B33 Sub-variants:

Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

Sicilian, Pelikan, Bird variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6

Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5

Sicilian, Sveshnikov variation
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 f5

Overview

Games on Database:

30631

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

35.3%

32.1%

32.6%

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Played frequently by:

White
Oleg Korneev	54 games
Thomas Luther	37 games
Vasilios Kotronias	36 games

Black
Sergei Zhigalko	86 games
Peter 1 Horvath	84 games
Michal Krasenkow	70 games

Possible continuations:

6. Ndb5

27563

36.7 %

33.2 %

30.1 %

6. Nb3

1057

21.8 %

22.2 %

56 %

6. Nf3

804

20.3 %

19.7 %

60.1 %

6. Nxc6

630

22.4 %

20 %

57.6 %

6. Nf5

378

31.5 %

29.6 %

38.9 %

6. Nde2

191

34 %

26.2 %

39.8 %

6. Nd5

33.3 %

66.7 %