Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation (9… Bd7 10. Nb3)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3
The Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B83, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 10… Rc8 11. a3 a6 12. Kh1 b5 13. Qd2)
- ECO
- B83
- Moves
- 19 plies
- FEN
r2q1rk1/pp1bbppp/2nppn2/8/4PP2/1NN1B3/PPP1B1PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 4 10- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 40%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- IM Shyam, N. (2422) – IM Arghyadip Das (2434) 0-1 · 55th ch-IND 2017 · 2017-11-04
- FM Jakub Rabatin (2299) – GM Jiri Stocek (2534) 1/2-1/2 · ch-CZE 2016 · 2016-04-30
- IM Romain Picard (2296) – FM Nikolay Khnykin (2309) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 26th Jan · 2021-01-26
- WGM Mihaela Sandu (2273) – WIM Mila Zarkovic (2205) 1/2-1/2 · 8th Maria Albulet Mem · 2015-09-11
- Martin Brown (2216) – Nicholas W Ivell (2244) 1-0 · 4NCL 2015-16 · 2016-02-14
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation (8… Nc6 9. Be3) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
- Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) B20
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit B20
- Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's Opening B20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.