B33: 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, Bird 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:

1119

Last Played:

Feb 2026

Overall score:

42.8%

28.2%

29%

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Played frequently by:

White
Vlastimil Jansa	4 games
Emil Anka	4 games
Thomas Luther	4 games

Black
Leonid Kernazhitsky	16 games
Kalman Rovid	11 games
Daniel Hausrath	10 games

Possible continuations:

9. Nc4

923

45.4 %

28.8 %

25.8 %

9. Bxf6

33.7 %

27.9 %

38.4 %

9. Nd5

27.8 %

25.9 %

46.3 %

9. Bc4

32 %

16 %

52 %

9. Be2

31.3 %

18.8 %

50 %

9. Bd3

28.6 %

14.3 %

57.1 %

9. g3

66.7 %

33.3 %

9. Qd2

33.3 %

66.7 %