Thanks for the information! I was thinking of updating the Svesnikov part
of my chess library. I couldn't find 'The Sicilian with E5 in Tournament
Practice' on Amazon. Is that book no longer available? The best new
looking book I could find was "The Complete Svesnikov Sicilian" by Yuri
Yakovich, published by Gamit this year. There was one good review of the
book.


"Tobi Usher" wrote in message
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"Douglas L Stewart" wrote

In "The Sicilian Pelikan" Svesnikov lists: 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. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. exf5 Ra5!? 14. Qd3 Bg7 15. Qc4

Here it says 15 .. Rxb5 16. Qxb5 Qa5+ 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 is satisfactory for
Black, but it says 15.. 0-0 !? "promises even more".

After 15 .. 0-0 16. Bxc6 Rc5 it looks like White has the resource 17.
Qg4
which seems to just win.

Anyone have anything that keeps Black alive after 15 .. 0-0 16 Bxc6?

Is the "satisfactory" line really any good? Fritz seems to think White
is
about a point better. Maybe it's not really that bad for Black but it
doesn't seem to be anything to write home about.

Is 12 .. Bb7 still considered playable? Should I look at 12 .. Bd7
instead?

---
Douglas L Stewart



Your analysis of 15...0-0? is correct. The consenus among authors is that
Sveshnikov was wrong for once.
Tamás Horváth ('The Sicilian with E5 in Tournament Practice', Caissa Chess
Books 2003, page 69) gives an interesting line he 15...Kf8! 16.Bxc6 Rc5
17.Qxc5 dxc5 18.Bxb7 Qd7 19.Ba8 Qc8 20.f6 Bh6 with a clear advantage for
Black. It seems to me that he is perfectly right. No need to switch to
12...Bd7.

Tobi