1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 g6
After 3.Nc3 the option of d2-d4 remains open and if Black wants a Sveshnikov, he must reply 3...Nf6; after 4.Bb5 White then plays a sort of Rossolimo plus Nc3/Nf6. According to Leonid Kritz he achieves a paper-thin advantage in the variation with 4...g6.
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