This Opening is great cuz white always gets a great attack and blacks counterplay is not as strong. Even though I play both sides of this well :)

This is completely, 100% sound. It is even used with reversed colors.

@Fritzricky thanks :) And how on Earth did you tag me in that post?

EDIT: Sorry, but im kinda new here.

@ Scandi17, Lev Alburt's Chess Openings for White Explained has a section on it, but since it's a repertoire book, so it may have a lot of non useful stuff if you have a well developed repertoire

to all those who say that white's king is wide open, the position is closed enough to have some space around the king. Also, this opening does not involve a white d4 thrust so with the c pawn blocking the g1 c7 diagonal, a lot of the times the discovered check is not an issue.

Any good books/master games on this opening that you would recommend me?

@ OutOfSync I completely aggree. I use it in blitz and OTB, and my win rate is way higher than loss. Not many people play it, and so even less know what to do about it. Even IM Andrew Martin recommends it for white.  :)

I'm telling you guys -- this opening is a killer for the white side.  Read my earlier comment.  I've played hundreds and hundreds of blitz and bullet games with about a 90% win rate for white.  Who cares what a computer can find?  Who cares what a grandmaster knows?  Either one will kick your butt.  But against regular players at or near your strength, you will be the one administering the pain.  Play it!!

This is my choice of anti Sicilan, but the signs for this opening are not good. Computers are always finding good defences to this attack.

not good for white

This is my preference vs the Sicilian. I have great success with it over the board in tournaments. Many times, they have never even heard of this opening, and by the time they realize what is happening, your attack is way to strong to stop. :)

i adopted this because as a sicilian player myself the closed nature frustrated my desire for a tactical open melee.i like the straight-forward attacking schemes when black castles kingside however when black plays solidly it usually peeters out to drawish lines.

This is my weapon of choice vs. the sicilian. Just fianchetto and castle queenside, attack kingside, you'll have tons of space.

I usually fianchette queenside, heading for 0-0-0 becouse king side is pretty open to castle...

no good your king is very wide

open!

Good opening.

Nice choice of opening for White, followed by Nf3 Bc4 0-0 d3 and Be3. This is opening is cool.

I may be missing something, but surely an opening that has 33% win rate and 42% loss rate is not very appetising!

i dont get it

i used it and won