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Liverpool_925
I can't find this line of the closed sicilian on the internet. Do any of you guys know what it is called? (Looks like the Rossolimo)
willilo
That's because it isn't the closed sicilian.... normally in the closed sicilian the bishop goes to g2 with a fianchetto pawn structure
What is it then?
billwall
It is called the Rossolimo or Nezmetdinov variation of the Sicilian. ECO classifies it as B30 to B31. One of my games went like this:
asam_2
billwall, that game seems to come from more than a decade ago! That must have been a great game...
Liking the Rossolimo variation. Hope to use it soon.
polleke
I first saw this variation when studying the grand prix attack. If you want to know more about it, Gawain Jones wrote a book on the grand prix attack, which has a long chapter on this variation.
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