[Event "Opening Theory #5"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sicilian Kan"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B41"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.02"] {[%evp 0,11,19,29,40,51,41,30,36,29,75,46,80,65]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 (2... a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 $2 6. Nb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Be4 Be6 9. Qf3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bxb7 Bg4 $1 {Christof Sielecki}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 $5 {scored very well in corr chess} (5. h3 $5 Nf6 6. Bd3 $1 { is even stronger compared with the analogous position after 5.a3!? Nf6 6. Bd3!? } e5 7. Nb3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Be4 Be6 10. Qf3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bxb7 {[%csl Gg4][%CAl Gh3g4] Compare with Christof Sielecki's line above}) 5... b5 {the typical Sicilian move} (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 (6. Bd3 $5 {is an interesting alternative}) {It is tempting to play} 6... d5 (6... Qc7 7. f4 $1 d6 8. Be3 b5 (8... h5 $5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {Stockfish} b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Nb3 $1 {with an edge.}) 9... b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Be7 {and Black was fine in Paravyan-Vitiugov, 2021} 13. Rae1 Rc8 14. Kh1 h4 15. h3 g6 16. Qf2 Nh5 17. Nde2 Qc4 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rh7 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Kg1 Bb7 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. R4d2 Bb7 24. Rd4 Bc6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Nxa4 Qb7 27. Nac3 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Rc4 Qa5 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Na4 Ng3 34. c4 e5 35. Ne2 Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 exf4 37. Bxf4 Ne5 38. Nc3 Be6 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. Qxd5 Bf6 41. Be3 Rh8 42. c5 Qc6 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. cxd6+ Kd7 45. Bg4+ {1-0 (45) Paravyan,D (2660) -Vitiugov,N (2727) Yasnaya Polyana 2021}) 9. g4 $1 $40 {Paravyan-Svidler,Riga 2021} Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Qh5 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rf2 Rac8 {½-½ (35) Jaeger,F (2074) -Lehnhoff,H (2083) ICCF email 2008}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. g6 fxg6 16. Qg4 O-O-O 17. Qxe6 d5 18. e5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Rde8 21. Qg4 Rxe5 22. Rf7 Bc6 23. Ne2 Qd6 24. h3 d4 25. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. Qf3 Qxd4 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Qxh8 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Rxc2 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32. Qf8 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qg2+ {0-1 (34) Paravyan, D (2639)-Svidler,P (2709) Riga 2021}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 $1 $14 {[%CAl Gc2c4] White is threatening c2-c4 and stands better.}) 6. a4 $1 $16 (6. c4 $5 $16) *