https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=svesh Sveshnikov - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:09:09 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1250073066 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1250073066 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:02:14 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1250073066/31#31">FreeRepublic wrote</a> on 07/14/25 at 20:09:19:<br /><div id="132730300730252037393C365500">With best play, black may be slightly worse in a few lines, but always within a drawing range. Actual play should lead to all three results. </div><!--132730300730252037393C365500--><br />I find all the lines to be interesting. I'm not sure that "always within a drawing range" applies after the main move 8Qd1!. That seems to the most critical continuation. I'll leave it to others to form their own opinions. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1584134130 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1584134130 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:30:53 GMT This book seems very interesting with lots of playable variations that are relatively low theory like the both cited above, and 12...Bb7 instead of mainline 12...Ra4 against the 9.Bxf6 gf 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bxb5 sac. Other, a bit odd, choice, is 10...Qxe7 after 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7. One would think 10...Nxe7, with a improved 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Ne7 would be the obvious choice.<br />Since I am new to Sveshnikov (just played my first OTB game this saturday) this is a very interesting proposition. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1370297342 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1370297342 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:58:56 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1370297342/28#28">Wintermondnacht wrote</a> on 11/13/20 at 07:28:12:<br /><div id="627B65613B390E01">Besides the 6. c4 g6 stuff, I also noticed that many new games have been played with: 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8.<br /><br />It seems that there is some new interest into the Kalashnikov, especially at the elite level. </div><!--627B65613B390E01--><br /><br />By coincidence, in the November update, 8...Rb8 was presented as well as yesterday Radjabov used it against So at the Skilling Open to get an easy draw. For me it looks like as if this variation promises Black easy equality. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1470940097 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1470940097 Fri, 17 May 2019 16:03:33 GMT <span>Very interesting; thx for your input, @guyfromrussia.<br />What's his opinion about 7.Nd5!?</span><!--size--><br /><br />7.Nd5 is OK, after 9.a4! white has a small advantage. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1482877891 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1482877891 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:48:32 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1482877891/10#10">CanadianClub wrote</a> on 12/29/16 at 13:33:06:<br /><div id="64464946434E4649644B52452702">Everybody played the routine moves: h3, d3, castle...so no problems at all. </div><!--64464946434E4649644B52452702--><br /><br />Huh, moves like that against 4...bc?  That seems indicative of a basic lack of understanding ...<br /> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1450821396 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1450821396 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:46:53 GMT I don't see any advantage for White. 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I think that White has some compensation for the pawn, but wheter it is enough is another question.<br /><br />Still, this line is better IMHO than accepting the rook. I have done some analysis of this line and it seems that instead of the suggested and greedy 9.Nxa7, I think that 9.Ne5 leads to an unbalanced position in which I would slightly prefer White.<br /><br />Example line: 9.Ne5 (threatening Bc4) Qd6 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qf3+ Ke8 14.Bxh8 White is down a small amount of material (pawn) but has a lead in development and coordination. I have more analysis at my blog (Bishop's Blog at Baker Street on Chess.com) https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1175166357 ChessPub Forum/Sveshnikov https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1175166357 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:00:05 GMT Many thanks - very useful!