Modern Sveshnikov System
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Early Deviations |
N moves to e4 |
N moves to g4 |
Main Line with Be7?! |
Main Line with Bc5! |
Macho Variation |
Macho Gambit |
| ... Ne4 (a) | ... ed4 | |||||
| 5. de | 5. e5 | |||||
| ... Nc5 | ... Ne4 | ... Ng4 | ... d5 | |||
| 6. 0-0 | 6. 0-0 | 6. Qe2 | 6. Bb5 | |||
| ... Be7 | ... d5 | ... Qe7 | ... Ne4 | |||
| 7. Nc3 | 7. ed6 | 7. Bf4 | 7. Nd4 | |||
| ... 0-0 | ... Nd6 | ... d6 (c) | ... Bd7 | ... Bc5 | ||
| 8. Nd5 | 8. Bd5 | 8. ed6 | 8. Bc6 | 8. Be3 | ||
| ... Ne6 | ... Be7 (b) | ... cd6 (d) | ... bc6 | ... Bd7 | ... 0-0 | |
| 9. Be3 | 9. Na3 | 9. 0-0 | 9. Bc6 | 9. Nc6 | ||
| ... a6 | ... Be7 | ... Bc5 | ... bc6 | ... bc6 | ||
| 10. Rd1 | 10. f3 | 10. f3 | 10. Nd2! | 10. Bc5 | ||
| ... Nc5 | ... Ng5 | ... Nd2 | ... Nc5 | |||
| 11. f4 | 11. Be3 | 11. Qd2 | 11. Bc6 | |||
| ... Qe7 | ... Bc6 | |||||
| 12. Nb3 | 12. Nc3! (e) | |||||
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(a) 4... Nd4? 5 Bf7ch Kf7 6 Ne5ch  (b) 8... Ne7? 9 Re1 c6 10 Bb3 Bg4 11 Bf4 Estrin(c) 7... f6 (Qb4ch? 9 c3 dc3 10 Nc3  11 0-0 & 12 Nd5(d) 8... Qe2ch 9 Be2 Bd6 10 Bd6 cd6 11 Na3 Bf5 (...Nge5 12 Nb5 d3 13 Ne5 de5 14 Bd3 0-0 15 0-0-0 Nb4 16 Bc4 Lebovich-Umansky, Russia 1968) 12 Nb5 0-0-0 13 Nfd4 with attack - Sveshnikov-Kuzmin, Russia 1980 (e) 12... d4 13 Ba8 dc3 14 Qd8 Rd8 15 b4! Maciejiejewski-Bielczyk, Poland 1974 or 12... Rb8 13 Qd5 Qd5 14 Bd5 Rb2 15 0-0-0 Estrin-Gurevich, Russia.
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