Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 08:12:48 01/28/04
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When Sveshnikov introduced his variation in the sixties, top players were
skeptical. First, Black weakens his d5-square and later can be forced to play
the ugly g7xf6, making a mess of Black's whole pawn structure. No wonder that
positional players were convinced that this must be totally wrong. Of course
eventually the dynamic possibilities of the structure became clear to all.
It is rather ironic that nowadays, when everybody plays the Sveshnikov, the
inventor himself has become convinced that it is not correct. He finds a clear
advantage for White in the line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 (10...Bg7,
nowadays quite popular, is even worse according to Sveshnikov) 11. Bd3 Be6 12.
0-0 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7
And here, according to Sveshnikov, White has a clear advantage.
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