Quality Chess, 2011. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906552-80-2. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors, ex-British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have...
Quality Chess, 2011. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906552-80-2. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors, ex-British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have...
Quality Chess, 2011. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906552-80-2. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors, ex-British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have...
Quality Chess, 2011. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906552-80-2. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors, ex-British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have...
Quality Chess, 2011. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906552-80-2. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors, ex-British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Openings. — Apr 15, 2021. The Anti-Sicilian Toolkit. The Sicilian Defense is hardly a defense. It's rather a minefield for White and nowadays, those mines were probably planted by high-profile authors like Super-Grandmasters Anish Giri and Pentala Harikrishna or opening specialist Christof Sielecki. Remaining loyal to 1.e4 may seem difficult - but fear...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Openings. — Apr 15, 2021. The Anti-Sicilian Toolkit. The Sicilian Defense is hardly a defense. It's rather a minefield for White and nowadays, those mines were probably planted by high-profile authors like Super-Grandmasters Anish Giri and Pentala Harikrishna or opening specialist Christof Sielecki. Remaining loyal to 1.e4 may seem difficult - but fear...
Chess Stars, 2004. — 208 p. — ISBN13: 978-9548782371. Grandmaster Alexei Bezgodov is the winner of numerous international tournaments. He was champion of Russia in the year 1993 and vice-champion of Russia in 1999. He is a professional chess-journalist. He believes that "a well written chess-article should be as equally interesting to a grandmaster as to a reader who does not...
Chess Stars, 2004. — 208 p. — ISBN13: 978-954-8782-375. Grandmaster Alexei Bezgodov is the winner of numerous international tournaments. He was champion of Russia in the year 1993 and vice-champion of Russia in 1999. He is a professional chess-journalist. He believes that "a well written chess-article should be as equally interesting to a grandmaster as to a reader who does not...
Strij, 2016.— 252 p. Contemporary chess opening. The Wing Gambit in the Sicilian Defence runs 1.e4 c5 2.b4 (see diagram). After Black takes with 2...cxb4, the usual continuation is 3.a3 bxa3 (3...d5! is more recently considered superior, when White must avoid 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.axb4? Qe5+ winning the rook, a blunder actually seen in tournament play in Shirazi-Peters, Berkeley 1986;...
Strij, 2016.— 252 p. Contemporary chess opening. The Wing Gambit in the Sicilian Defence runs 1.e4 c5 2.b4 (see diagram). After Black takes with 2...cxb4, the usual continuation is 3.a3 bxa3 (3...d5! is more recently considered superior, when White must avoid 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.axb4? Qe5+ winning the rook, a blunder actually seen in tournament play in Shirazi-Peters, Berkeley 1986;...
Monograph, Stryi. 2018. 268 p., English The book attempts to summarize played at this time the parties of the Sicilian Wing Gambit. In the accepted Sicilian Wing Gambit considered only games played by Marshall variant 3.a3 after moves 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4. Variants appearing after 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.¤f3 d5 4.exd5 Јxd5 5.d4, or after 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Јxd5 5.¤f3...
Monograph, Strij. 2018. — 268 p. Contemporary chess opening. The book attempts to summarize played at this time the parties of the Sicilian Wing Gambit. In the accepted Sicilian Wing Gambit considered only games played by Marshall variant 3.a3 after moves 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4. Variants appearing after 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4, or after 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.d4 d5...
Chessable, Jan 13, 2020. Calling Sicilian players - this is for YOU! Let's be clear, as a Sicilian player you don't get the game you want nearly enough. The main reason is: there just are too many chickens out there who try to shut you down with Anti-Sicilians. Either that or they want to launch gung-ho systems like the Grand Prix Attack. GM Alex Colovic's Break Down...
Chessable, Jan 13, 2020. Calling Sicilian players - this is for YOU! Let's be clear, as a Sicilian player you don't get the game you want nearly enough. The main reason is: there just are too many chickens out there who try to shut you down with Anti-Sicilians. Either that or they want to launch gung-ho systems like the Grand Prix Attack. GM Alex Colovic's Break Down...
Chessable, Chess Openings, Jan 17, 2020. The file is in Chessbase format. Short & Sweet, our exclusive free series, returns with an ideal starter repertoire to beef up your armoury against Anti-Sicilians. AND it comes with 57 minutes of video-sync instruction. GM Alex Colovic, the author of our more complete Break Down Anti-Sicilians course, presents the key ideas Sicilian...
Chessable, Chess Openings, Jan 17, 2020. Short & Sweet, our exclusive free series, returns with an ideal starter repertoire to beef up your armory against Anti-Sicilians. And it comes with 57 minutes of video-sync instruction. GM Alex Colovic, the author of our more complete Break Down Anti-Sicilians course, presents the key ideas Sicilian players need when White wants to spoil...
Nottingham: The Chess Player Ltd., 1984. — 36p. — ISBN: 0 906042 35 6. Closed variation of the Sicilian game with the move c2-c3 instead of Kb1-c3. White develops according to the scheme 1.e4, 2.d3, 3.g3, 4.Cg2, 5.f4, 6.Kf3, 7.c3 (in one order or another) and plays for pressure along the entire front.
Nottingham: The Chess Player Ltd., 1984. — 36p. — ISBN: 0 906042 35 6. Closed variation of the Sicilian game with the move c2-c3 instead of Kb1-c3. White develops according to the scheme 1.e4, 2.d3, 3.g3, 4.Cg2, 5.f4, 6.Kf3, 7.c3 (in one order or another) and plays for pressure along the entire front.
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2021. PGN file. If you are a Sicilian player, you will mostly face different sidelines. Due to the complexity of the main lines, the vast majority of your opponents will try to surprise you as early as move 2. Some of the early deviations are very dangerous. Therefore, even top-level players try them from time to time. In this database, GM...
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2021. ChessBase file. If you are a Sicilian player, you will mostly face different sidelines. Due to the complexity of the main lines, the vast majority of your opponents will try to surprise you as early as move 2. Some of the early deviations are very dangerous. Therefore, even top-level players try them from time to time. In this database, GM...
Everyman Chess, 2009. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-585-5. Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the numerous choices available? Look no further for the answer! In "Dangerous Weapons:...
Everyman, 2009. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-585-5. Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the numerous choices available? Look no further for the answer! In "Dangerous Weapons:...
Everyman, 2009. — 192 p. ‘I feel that these books are the most refreshing of recent opening products, and wonderful for anyone wishing to get off of the main theoretical paths.' Award-winning author John Watson reviewing the Dangerous Weapons series for The Week in Chess. ‘The book should be welcomed by all tournament players who like to see their pieces flying.' Grandmaster...
Everyman, 2009. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-585-5. Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the numerous choices available? Look no further for the answer! In "Dangerous Weapons:...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 520 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201611, Not all chess players are ready to face a dangerous opening like the Grivas Sicilian, or any other open form of the Sicilian Defense of course, so an alternative set-up is on the quest. White has plenty of choices after 1.e4 c5; these choices sometimes are quite sound, and some others are simply crap! Well, shorter...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 520 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201611, Not all chess players are ready to face a dangerous opening like the Grivas Sicilian, or any other open form of the Sicilian Defense of course, so an alternative set-up is on the quest. White has plenty of choices after 1.e4 c5; these choices sometimes are quite sound, and some others are simply crap! Well, shorter...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 520 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201611, Not all chess players are ready to face a dangerous opening like the Grivas Sicilian, or any other open form of the Sicilian Defense of course, so an alternative set-up is on the quest. White has plenty of choices after 1.e4 c5; these choices sometimes are quite sound, and some others are simply crap! Well, shorter...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 1079 p. — ISBN: 9789464201611. The Sicilian is Black’s most dynamic, asymmetrical reply to 1. e4. It produces the psychological and tension factors which denote the best in modern play and gives notice of a fierce fight on the very first move. The Sicilian Defense became recognized as the defense that offered Black the most winning chances against...
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing. Publication Year: 2021. Page Number: 520. ISBN: 9464201053. The ‘Anti-Sicilians’ have invariably been a popular choice at all levels of the game. Analysis of this opening in previous literature has rarely been extensive due to the misconception that Anti-Sicilians are simplistic and thus, easy to play ‘by hand’. While maintaining the ideals of...
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing. Publication Year: 2021. Page Number: 520. ISBN: 9464201053. The ‘Anti-Sicilians’ have invariably been a popular choice at all levels of the game. Analysis of this opening in previous literature has rarely been extensive due to the misconception that Anti-Sicilians are simplistic and thus, easy to play ‘by hand’. While maintaining the ideals of...
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing. Publication Year: 2021. Page Number: 520. ISBN: 9464201053. The ‘Anti-Sicilians’ have invariably been a popular choice at all levels of the game. Analysis of this opening in previous literature has rarely been extensive due to the misconception that Anti-Sicilians are simplistic and thus, easy to play ‘by hand’. While maintaining the ideals of...
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing. Publication Year: 2021. Page Number: 520. ISBN: 9464201053. The ‘Anti-Sicilians’ have invariably been a popular choice at all levels of the game. Analysis of this opening in previous literature has rarely been extensive due to the misconception that Anti-Sicilians are simplistic and thus, easy to play ‘by hand’. While maintaining the ideals of...
Thinkers Publishing, 2023. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201871. This second and final volume of the Anti-Sicilian series covers our approach for all alternatives to 2…Nc6. The choice against 2…d6 was obvious. The Moscow variation is the only critical alternative to 3.d4 that has caused any concerns for Black – by developing with a tempo, we force Black to make an immediate decision...
Thinkers Publishing, 2023. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201871. This second and final volume of the Anti-Sicilian series covers our approach for all alternatives to 2…Nc6. The choice against 2…d6 was obvious. The Moscow variation is the only critical alternative to 3.d4 that has caused any concerns for Black – by developing with a tempo, we force Black to make an immediate decision...
Thinkers Publishing, 2023. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201871. This second and final volume of the Anti-Sicilian series covers our approach for all alternatives to 2…Nc6. The choice against 2…d6 was obvious. The Moscow variation is the only critical alternative to 3.d4 that has caused any concerns for Black – by developing with a tempo, we force Black to make an immediate decision...
Thinkers' Press, 1983. — 58 p. — ISBN: 9780938650270. According to Elliott Fletcher , the title "Wing" Gambit was originally applied to the variation of the King's Bishop Opening when White played 3.b4 after the moves 1.e4 eS 2.Bc4 BcS. However, in the past seventy years it has been used to denote the move b4 by White against the Sicilian Defense after the moves 1 e4 c5. The...
Thinkers' Press, 1983. — 58 p. — ISBN: 9780938650270. According to Elliott Fletcher , the title "Wing" Gambit was originally applied to the variation of the King's Bishop Opening when White played 3.b4 after the moves 1.e4 eS 2.Bc4 BcS. However, in the past seventy years it has been used to denote the move b4 by White against the Sicilian Defense after the moves 1 e4 c5. The...
London: Everyman Chess, 2011 — 350 p. — ISBN: 978-1857448757. The Sicilian Defence is by far the most popular chess opening. If you play 1 e4 as White, on average you are likely to meet the Sicilian in virtually every other game! You need to be prepared to face the Sicilian at all times, and a ready-to-use repertoire against it is an indispensable weapon.. In this book,...
Chessbase, 2019. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-695-4. Ein strategisch gesundes und nachhaltiges System gegen Sizilianisch ohne endlose Theorievarianten – ist das heute noch möglich? Eine Zeitlang waren das die Systeme mit Lb5, nachdem sie aber zu erfolgreich wurden, haben sie sich zu Mainstream-Theorie mit umfangreichem Theoriewust entwickelt. Diese DVD präsentiert einen ungewöhnlichen...
Chessbase, 2019. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-695-4. Ein strategisch gesundes und nachhaltiges System gegen Sizilianisch ohne endlose Theorievarianten – ist das heute noch möglich? Eine Zeitlang waren das die Systeme mit Lb5, nachdem sie aber zu erfolgreich wurden, haben sie sich zu Mainstream-Theorie mit umfangreichem Theoriewust entwickelt. Diese DVD präsentiert einen ungewöhnlichen...
Chessbase, 2014. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-425-7. Accept the Morra Gambit with confidence. Tame the Grand Prix Attack. Put fear into the heart of every tedious 2 c3 player. You can make 1...c5 a dangerous weapon whether it’s an open or closed Sicilian. If you are ready with your favourite Sicilian variation – perhaps the Najdorf or the Dragon – it can be frustrating if your opponent...
Chessbase, 2014. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-425-7. Accept the Morra Gambit with confidence. Tame the Grand Prix Attack. Put fear into the heart of every tedious 2 c3 player. You can make 1...c5 a dangerous weapon whether it’s an open or closed Sicilian. If you are ready with your favourite Sicilian variation – perhaps the Najdorf or the Dragon – it can be frustrating if your opponent...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN: 9781907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN: 9781907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN13: 978-1907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN13: 978-1907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN13: 978-1907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
Everyman Chess, 2016. — 448 p. — ISBN: 9781781943113. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected...
Everyman Chess, 2016. — 448 p. — ISBN: 9781781943113. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected...
Everyman Chess, 2016. — 448 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-312-0. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully...
Everyman Chess, 2016. — 448 p. — ISBN: 9781781943113. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected...
Everyman Chess, 2016. — 448 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-312-0. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully...
Chessbase, 2015. Magnus Carlsen knows how to avoid sharp theoretical lines but still get positions which allow him to put his opponents under pressure. Here it is interesting to see how Carlsen has played against the Sicilian recently. With 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ he avoided the Najdorf and the Dragon and against 2…e6 he played 3.g3, the subject of this 60 minutes DVD. At first...
London, UK: Everyman Chess, 2007 — 254 p. — ISBN: 1857445201. Richard Palliser's debut monograph is devoted to White's deviations from the main variations of the Sicilian. The Sicilian Defence is by far Black's most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason for this is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can play for a...
London, UK: Everyman Chess, 2007 — 254 p. — ISBN: 1857445201. Richard Palliser's debut monograph is devoted to White's deviations from the main variations of the Sicilian. The Sicilian Defence is by far Black's most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason for this is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can play for a...
London, UK: Everyman Chess, 2007 — 254 p. — ISBN: 1857445201. Richard Palliser's debut monograph is devoted to White's deviations from the main variations of the Sicilian. The Sicilian Defence is by far Black's most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason for this is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can play for a...
London, UK: Everyman Chess, 2007. — 254 p. — ISBN: 9781857445206. The Sicilian Defence is by far Black’s most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can play for a win without needing to take unjustified risks. This is particularly the case with the Open Sicilians, where Black...
Chessable, 2020. For the uncompromising Sicilian player: Take the fangs out of White's Anti-Sicilians...and get the dynamic counter-punching game you've always wanted! If facing Anti-Sicilians bores and annoys you to death, then FM Kamil Plichta's latest opening trainer will drive you wild with delight! Here's the biggest issue when you answer 1.e4 with 1...c5: You spend the...
Chessable, Jun 25, 2020. For the uncompromising Sicilian player: Take the fangs out of White's Anti-Sicilians...and get the dynamic counter-punching game you've always wanted! If facing Anti-Sicilians bores and annoys you to death, then FM Kamil Plichta's latest opening trainer will drive you wild with delight! Here's the biggest issue when you answer 1.e4 with 1...c5: You...
Chessable, Jun 25, 2020. For the uncompromising Sicilian player: Take the fangs out of White's Anti-Sicilians...and get the dynamic counter-punching game you've always wanted! If facing Anti-Sicilians bores and annoys you to death, then FM Kamil Plichta's latest opening trainer will drive you wild with delight! Here's the biggest issue when you answer 1.e4 with 1...c5: You...
Chessable, Jun 25, 2020. For the uncompromising Sicilian player: Take the fangs out of White's Anti-Sicilians...and get the dynamic counter-punching game you've always wanted! If facing Anti-Sicilians bores and annoys you to death, then FM Kamil Plichta's latest opening trainer will drive you wild with delight! Here's the biggest issue when you answer 1.e4 with 1...c5: You...
ChessBase, June 12, 2020. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-765-4. Grandmaster Roeland Pruijssers and International Master Nico Zwirs created a complete repertoire against the Sicilian that is based on the Open Sicilian and that is easy to learn. This is the first volume. Do you struggle against the Sicilian? And would you like to play the Open Sicilian but shy away from it because you fear...
ChessBase, June 12, 2020. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-765-4. Grandmaster Roeland Pruijssers and International Master Nico Zwirs created a complete repertoire against the Sicilian that is based on the Open Sicilian and that is easy to learn. This is the first volume. Do you struggle against the Sicilian? And would you like to play the Open Sicilian but shy away from it because you fear...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 371 p. — ISBN: 9789464201369. When I decided to write The Modernized Sveshnikov (June 2020) I knew that I was committing myself to covering the Anti – Sicilians in a separate book as well. After all, what’s a book on the Sveshnikov alone worth when your opponents decide to avoid the Open Sicilian? Especially since the Sveshnikov is nowadays...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 371 p. — ISBN: 9789464201369. When I decided to write The Modernized Sveshnikov (June 2020) I knew that I was committing myself to covering the Anti – Sicilians in a separate book as well. After all, what’s a book on the Sveshnikov alone worth when your opponents decide to avoid the Open Sicilian? Especially since the Sveshnikov is nowadays...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201369. When I decided to write The Modernized Sveshnikov (June 2020) I knew that I was committing myself to covering the Anti – Sicilians in a separate book as well. After all, what’s a book on the Sveshnikov alone worth when your opponents decide to avoid the Open Sicilian? Especially since the Sveshnikov is nowadays...
Gambit, 2004. — 194 p. — ISBN: 1-901983-84-6. The Sicilian is far and away the most popular chess opening, and many players prefer to side-step the Open Sicilian with one of the Anti-Sicilian systems at White's disposal. This book equips Black to fight against all these lines. The Anti-Sicilian systems include: positionally motivated lines such as the 2 c3 Sicilian and the 3...
Gambit, 2004. — 194 p. — ISBN: 1-901983-84-6. The Sicilian is far and away the most popular chess opening, and many players prefer to side-step the Open Sicilian with one of the Anti-Sicilian systems at White's disposal. This book equips Black to fight against all these lines. The Anti-Sicilian systems include: positionally motivated lines such as the 2 c3 Sicilian and the 3...
Los Angeles: Players Press, 1984. - 124 p. - ISBN: 0-941426-14-9. The Snyder Sicilian ( 1 e4 c5 2 b3) offers White an interesting and dynamic alternative to playing into the complexities of the main Sicilian lines. Even though the popularity of the Snyder Sicilian has grown since the publication of the first edition in 1977 most Sicilian players are unprepared for 2 b3. Since...
Chess Stars, 2013. — 534 p. — ISBN13: 978-5-90-3609-38-8. This hefty book offers the results of S.Soloviov's ten-year-long investigation of a nearly virgin territory of chess theory – 1.e4 c5 2.a3. This is a more flexible version of the Sicilian Gambit with 2.b4 as the play often takes original courses. One of the most principled retorts is 2...Nc6 3.b4! cxb4 4.axb4 Nxb4 5.d4...
Chess Stars, 2013. — 534 p. — ISBN13: 978-5-90-3609-38-8. This comprehensive work gives detailed coverage of White's Anti-Sicilian system 1.e5,c5; 2.a3!? With this move White intends to play 3.b4, diverting Black's c-pawn from the centre and allowing White to build a powerful central position with his e and d pawns. Depending on Black's 2nd move this may or may not involve...
Chess Stars, 2013. — 534 p. — ISBN13: 978-5-90-3609-38-8. This comprehensive work gives detailed coverage of White's Anti-Sicilian system 1.e5,c5; 2.a3!? With this move White intends to play 3.b4, diverting Black's c-pawn from the centre and allowing White to build a powerful central position with his e and d pawns. Depending on Black's 2nd move this may or may not involve...
Chess Stars, 2013. — 534 p. — ISBN13: 978-5-90-3609-38-8. This comprehensive work gives detailed coverage of White's Anti-Sicilian system 1.e5,c5; 2.a3!? With this move White intends to play 3.b4, diverting Black's c-pawn from the centre and allowing White to build a powerful central position with his e and d pawns. Depending on Black's 2nd move this may or may not involve...
Dallas TX: Chess Digest, 1993. -- 121 p. -- ISBN: 9780875682358 If white gets to attack in the Sicilian Defense anyway, why should he offer a pawn or two for the privilege? The answer is that black gets to counterplay in the Sicilian and his counterplay is usually as good as white's. That, in fact, is what makes the Sicilian popular. There are plenty of familiar Sicilian...
Dallas TX: Chess Digest, 1993. -- 121 p. -- ISBN: 9780875682358 If white gets to attack in the Sicilian Defense anyway, why should he offer a pawn or two for the privilege? The answer is that black gets to counterplay in the Sicilian and his counterplay is usually as good as white's. That, in fact, is what makes the Sicilian popular. There are plenty of familiar Sicilian...
New in Chess, 2015. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-545-2. SVESHNIKOV VS. THE ANTI-SICILIANS: A COMPLETE REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK by Evgeny Sveshnikov offers answers to all of White’s divergences from the Open Sicilian and 3.Bb5 (+). These ranges from the exotic – 2.a3 and 2.Na3, to gambit lines – 2.d4 and 2.b4. Also examined are 2.b3, 2.c4, 2.g3, 2.d3, 2.c3, 2.f4, 2.Nc3 Nc6...
New in Chess, 2015. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-545-2. SVESHNIKOV VS. THE ANTI-SICILIANS: A COMPLETE REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK by Evgeny Sveshnikov offers answers to all of White’s divergences from the Open Sicilian and 3.Bb5 (+). These ranges from the exotic – 2.a3 and 2.Na3, to gambit lines – 2.d4 and 2.b4. Also examined are 2.b3, 2.c4, 2.g3, 2.d3, 2.c3, 2.f4, 2.Nc3 Nc6...
New in Chess, 2015. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-545-2. SVESHNIKOV VS. THE ANTI-SICILIANS: A COMPLETE REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK by Evgeny Sveshnikov offers answers to all of White’s divergences from the Open Sicilian and 3.Bb5 (+). These ranges from the exotic – 2.a3 and 2.Na3, to gambit lines – 2.d4 and 2.b4. Also examined are 2.b3, 2.c4, 2.g3, 2.d3, 2.c3, 2.f4, 2.Nc3 Nc6...
New in Chess, 2015. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-545-2. Sveshnikov vs the Anti-Sicilians: A Repertoire for Black by Evgeny Sveshnikov offers answers to all of White’s divergences from the Open Sicilian and 3.Bb5 (+). These range from the exotic – 2. a3 and 2.Na3, to gambit lines – 2.d4 and 2.b4. Also examined are 2.b3, 2.c4, 2.g3, 2.d3, 2.c3, 2.f4, 2.Nc3 Nc6...
The chess world, 2022. FM Zaur Tekeyev recommends the O'Kelly Sicilian. It is a practical opening that works great against anyone from 1200 to 2400 FIDE. FM Tekeyev has tested and proved the suggested lines and variations to be very effective against opponents in this Elo range. Want to get all the benefits of playing the Sicilian Defence, but don’t have hundreds of hours to...
The chess world, 2022. FM Zaur Tekeyev recommends the O'Kelly Sicilian. It is a practical opening that works great against anyone from 1200 to 2400 FIDE. FM Tekeyev has tested and proved the suggested lines and variations to be very effective against opponents in this Elo range. Want to get all the benefits of playing the Sicilian Defence, but don’t have hundreds of hours to...
Chessbase, 12/23/2014. What to do against the Sicilian? In the sharp and highly theoretical main lines, you have to spend hours to be well prepared. Why not play a dangerous system that offers White good chances and that is easy to learn? Loek van Wely shows you what to do. In 60 minutes the Dutch GM prepares you for the Sicilian and gives you a solid repertoire for White. Loek...
Chessbase, 12/23/2014. What to do against the Sicilian? In the sharp and highly theoretical main lines, you have to spend hours to be well prepared. Why not play a dangerous system that offers White good chances and that is easy to learn? Loek van Wely shows you what to do. In 60 minutes the Dutch GM prepares you for the Sicilian and gives you a solid repertoire for White. Loek...
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