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ChessisGood
Can anyone recommend some (free) resources for white in the following Sicilian:
Anyone?
Skwerly
I believe that's the Moscow variation for Googling. :)
NachtWulf
Aha! My pet opening. Join the group!
ChonleyB
As white I prefer 2. f4 & 3. Nc3, but I suppose its a matter of taste. as for your line, here's from wikipedia (not too original, but hey )
The World Team Variation of the Canal–Sokolsky Attack continues with 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6, forking White's pawns on e4 and c4. This move was suggested by Irina Krush, and played in the Kasparov–The World, 1999 online game. Kasparov noted its novelty.[43]
Another possibility for White is 3.c3, intending to establish a pawn centre with d4 next move. The most frequent continuation is 3...Nf6 4.Be2, when 4...Nxe4?? loses to 5.Qa4+. White sometimes plays 3.Nc3, which usually transposes to the Open Sicilian after 3...Nf6 4.d4.
Recently,[when?] 3.Bc4 has been played with decent results[citation needed], but the theory remains largely unexplored.[citation needed] However it has been played as far back as McDonnell vs Bourdonnais in 1837 and was thought to allow Black more options to attack White's centre and offer no independent advantage from 6. Bc4. [44]
I'll copy and paste all the free online resources from my group's forums:
An instructive game by Kingscrusher (CM Tryfon Gavriel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPGujmrp-j0&feature=plcp&context=C30a2aa2UDOEgsToPDskK9o51u1Ecjg22ElaOKSU6I
An awe-inspiring game played by Malakhov: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1333175
Another interesting variant: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1292898
An instructive game of the Rossolimo by Lalic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpdr39atW2Q
Yet another instructive game on the Rossolimo by Kingscrusher (starting around 54:15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNU3uZPf1I
Another Canal-Sokolsky Attack video by Lalic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eRo2Yl3lbU
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