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 (b) | 6. Qe2 | 6. Bb5 | |||
| ... Be7 | ... d5 | ... Qe7 | ... Ne4 | |||
| 7. Nc3 | 7. ed6 | 7. Bf4 | 7. Nd4 | |||
| ... 0-0 | ... Nd6 | ... d6 (d) | ... Bd7 | ... Bc5 | ||
| 8. Nd5 | 8. Bd5 | 8. ed6 | 8. Bc6 | 8. Be3 | ||
| ... Ne6 | ... Be7 (c) | ... cd6 (e) | ... bc6 | ... Bd7 | ... 0-0 | |
| 9. Be3 | 9. Na3 (f) | 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. f4 | 11. Qd2 | 11. Bc6 | |||
| ... Ne4 | ... Qe7 | ... Ba6 | ||||
| 12. Be3 | 12. Nb3 | 12. Nc3! (g) | ||||
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(a) 4... Nd4? 5 Bf7ch Kf7 6 Ne5ch  (b) Even better may be Nakamura's gambit 6 Qe2 Nc5 7 c3 dc3 8 Nc3 Be7 9 Be3 0-0 10 0-0-0 Ne6 11 Ne4 (c) 8... Ne7? 9 Re1 c6 10 Bb3 Bg4 11 Bf4 Estrin(d) 7... f6 (Qb4ch? 9 c3 dc3 10 Nc3  11 0-0 & 12 Nd5) 8 ef6 Qe2 9 Be2 Nf6 10 Nbd2 Nd5 11 Bg3 Ncb5 12 Nd4 c5!? 13 a3 cd4 14 ab4 Nb4 15 Kd1! d3 16 Bd3 Nd3 17 cd3(e) 8... Qe2ch 9 Be2 Bd6 10 Bd6 cd6 11 Na3 Bf5 (...Nge5 12 Nb5 d3 13 cd3 Ke7 14 Kd2 Neubauer - Del Rio, Angells 2002) 12 Nb5 0-0-0 13 Nfd4 with attack - Sveshnikov-Kuzmin, Russia 1980
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(f) Even better according to Chess Openings for White Explained is the pawn sacrifice 9 Nd2 Bf5 10 Nb3 Bc2 11 Nbd4 Bg6 12 0-0 e.g. ... Qe2 13 Be2 Nge5 (... Be7 14 Bb5) 14 Rfe1 Be7 15 Nc6 Nc6 16 Bb5 Kd7 17 Rad1 18 Ne5ch.(g) 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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