B33: 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, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk 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:

18769

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

35.4%

36.1%

28.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Oleg Korneev	50 games
Thomas Luther	33 games
Janis Klovans	33 games

Black
Sergei Zhigalko	74 games
Peter 1 Horvath	64 games
Michal Krasenkow	63 games

Possible continuations:

9. Nd5

10848

31.3 %

40.2 %

28.5 %

9. Bxf6

7766

41.1 %

30.3 %

28.6 %

9. Nab1

150

33.3 %

42 %

24.7 %

9. Naxb5

4

25 %

25 %

50 %