A good repatoire against sicilian?
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Akash70000
Jul 22, 2018
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#1
I always think a good weapon against Sicilian, weather play with the main line or prefer sidle such as the rossalimo,closed or grand Prix
So can anyone give a good line against the Sicilian I have a very bad score against it.
Jul 22, 2018
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#2
2 nc3, followed by either 3 f4 or 3 g3, as long as you put in some work to understand the ideas involved.
Something like this hee hee
https://www.chess.com/live/game/2725781248
Jul 22, 2018
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#3
Thanks! for your suggestion.I will definitely try the line and learn the system
The good approach in openings is to play with ideas, rather than memorization.
With this in mind, Closed sicilian and Grand prix attack are a very good ways to handle sicilian as white.
A pertinent repertoire is playing both, according the circumstances (in some black responses to 2.Nc3, it is better to continue with f4 or with g3...).
Jul 23, 2018
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#6
@poucin
Is it ? which responses are best met by 3 f4 then ? I always play 3 g3
Have you tried Smith Morra gambit ? (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3)
Jul 23, 2018
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#13
Smith Morra is great at club level. I find people are not well prepared under 2200, even than, I've beaten 2300's in classical games with it.
A number of possibilities are discussed in:
Starting Out: The Sicilian by GM John Emms (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Suggestions can be found in:
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Vincent Moret
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9033.pdf
The Grand Prix Attack by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/979.pdf
Opening Repertoire: 1 e4
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7819.pdf
The Rossolimo Sicilian by Victor Bologan
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195254/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen147.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/952.pdf
Rossolimo and Friends by Alexei Kornev (2015)
http://gainesvillechesstraining.com/?page_id=393
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7501.pdf
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Sam Collins
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/A-Simple-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-for-White-76p3916.htm
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Simple_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_White.pdf
The Complete c3 Sicilian by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234618/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen141.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/944.pdf
The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7277.pdf
The Closed Sicilian - Move by Move by FM Carsten Hansen (2017)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7715.pdf
Mayhem in the Morra by Marc Esserman (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
The Modern Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.a3 by Sergei Soloviov (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7393.pdf
A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid by Evgeny and Vladimir Sveshnikov
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9020.pdf
Sabotaging the Sicilian, French and Caro-Kann Defenses with 2.b3
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/3730.pdf
If you decide to go for the open Sicilian, you could look in:
Playing 1.e4 - Sicilian Main Lines
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Playing1e4SicilianMainLines-excerpt.pdf
Playing 1.e4 - French Defence and Sicilian Sidelines
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Playing1e4FrenchDefenceSicilianSidelines-excerpt.pdf
Taming the Sicilian by Nigel Davies (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf
Slay the Sicilian by Timothy Taylor (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7080.pdf
Steamrolling the Sicilian by Sergey Kasparov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101148/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen174.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/987.pdf
MODERNIZED: The Open Sicilian written by IM Zhanibek Amanov and FM Kostya Kavutskiy (2015)
http://claudiamunoz.com/index.php/en/chess-book-reviews/5430-my-book-review-modernized-the-open-sicilian
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7500.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Negi_1e4_vs_the_Sicilian_One-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GrandmasterRepertoire1e4vsSicilianII-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian III by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/1e4vsSicilianIII-excerpt.pdf
Neil McDonald's Starting Out 1.e4
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/opening-books-en-masse-part-3
Alapin. 2. C3. Play it.
Jul 24, 2018
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#17
MikeZeggelaar wrote:
I think it is good for blitz but in classical it is not good I think
Smith Morra is great at club level. I find people are not well prepared under 2200, even than, I've beaten 2300's in classical games with it.
Jul 24, 2018
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#18
closed and grand prix are both good. Daniel king has some good dvds on the subject.