"The Complete c3 Sicilian" by Evgeni Sveshnikov (who played nothing else against the Sicilian in his entire carreer, afaik).
There's also a Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian and Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian.
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Is 1. e4,c5 2. Nf3,Nc6 3. c3 considered Alapin?
Are either of these books recommended for beginners (Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian and Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian) as one being better than the other to help getting into the middlegame and explaining the ideas behind the alapin so that I can understand it better?
Mark
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Sorry I thought I had a book then I realized it was the Alapin French for White by Tim Taylor.
I have been playing the Alapin for a few years now.
What I have found works best for me is the ChessBase Fritz Trainer, "GM Tiviakov - Alapin Variation. I use this to get the lines and ideas behind them, for White.
I also have the Sveshnikov book and use it as a reference and cross reference to see what lines he suggest.
If I remember correctly, there was a multi-part series on 1 e4 c5 2 c3 in the Informants from 119 to 125. Perhaps the whole thing will eventually be available as a book. I think some comments on the Tiviaov thing can be found with the weekinchess link that I posted earlier. Here is a review of the Sveshnikov book
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234618/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen141.pdf
and a review of a Collins DVD.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626220045/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen152.pdf
any books that exclusively deals with sicilian alapin (for white) thanq