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The Sicilian Defence is an opening very rich in independent variations to the extent that it is always mentioned along with the mainline variation that follows. Black's purpose of playing 1...c5 is to undermine white's center by taking cont...
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The Dragon Variation belongs to the Sicilian Defence family of variations. Black plays 5...g6 with the purpose of fianchettoeing his bishop with ...Bg7. The preparatory move 2...d6 makes sure that the bishop will have an open long diagonal on g7...
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Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirksy (1879-1965) was a Russian International Master (1950). In 1909 he defeated the eventual winners Emanuel Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein at St. Petersburg, but took 13th place. He claimed he was Alekhine&rsq...
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This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code. In 1966, Chess Informant categorised the chess openings into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken down into one hundred subcate...
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A pawn storm is an attack on an enemy king, led by pawns to attack it. The king is typically castled and you will march your pawns forward, hoping to trade off the oponent's king's pawn cover and blast an open file for rooks. It can be a powerful ...
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The Open Sicilian is a large branch of the Sicilian defense.
It goes:
1. e4 c5
2.Nf3, the move that signals an open sicilian.
Black has many different replies to this move.
The main replies include Nc6, d6, and e6. These variation possibly tr...
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