[Event "sveshnikov variation: illustrative game"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation"] [StudyName "sveshnikov variation"] [ChapterName "illustrative game"] [UTCDate "2020.06.13"] [UTCTime "20:16:30"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/realhercules"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/DUtK7qLQ/lvyrfatb"] [Orientation "white"] 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 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O { White moves his king into safety. Another major option is the aggressive 16.Qh5!? } 16... e4!? { Immediately advancing in the centre. Black can also play preparatory moves such as 16...Ra7 (planning to swing across to the kingside) or 16...Kh8 (moving the king into relative safety). } 17. Nf4 { White reacts by utilizing the newly attained outpost to attack the bishop on e6. } 17... Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 { Black points his dark-squared bishop at the white kingside. } 19. Nfd5 Qg5 { Now if White does nothing Black will push forward with ...f5-f4, so White strikes back on the kingside. } 20. f4 { TIP: f2-f4 is often a useful move to break up Black's centre in the Sveshnikov. } 20... exf3 21. Rxf3 { After this move the game plunges into complications. Recapturing with the queen was also possible. } 21... Bh5 { Skewering the rook to the queen, apparently winning an exchange. } 22. Nc7 Bf4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Re1? Rac8 { Van Wely misses a big chance to initiate a deadly attack: } (25... Ne5 26. Nxa8 Rg8 27. g3 Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qxc2 { and it's now Black who is up on material. }) 26. Ne6 { Now White regains control } 26... Qh4 27. g3 Rg8 28. Nxf5 { Black still has a rook for knight, but his position is collapsing. White's knights are real monsters! } 28... Qc4 29. Qxd6 Rg6 30. Ne7 Nxe7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 { Black resigned } *