1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 is a whole different kettle of fish, and should be taken seriously.
Right, because in the closed Sicilian, black often plays ...d5. After black played ...d6, he will have to waste a tempo with ...d5 later.
Bc4 Sicilian
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echecs06 wrote:
2.Bc4 is probably one of the lamest anti-sicilian lines. I continue wth my Dragon without any dificulties.
Excellent! A fellow Dragon player!
echecs06 wrote:
Play 2...Nc6 3.Qf3? Ne5
Smartattack wrote:
after 2..e6 some weaknesses are created in the dark squares.
Maybe, but if black doesn't move the g pawn his dark squares look fine.
dalephilly wrote:
and I think this is their thought process: Well, I normally play 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 and black's move 1...c5 certainly doesn't prevent 2.Bc4 so I'll play it anyway.
Yes, that and maybe because they were trying for a scholar's mate. (An early Bc4 and Qh5 trying to mate on f7)
echecs06 wrote:
2.Bc4 is probably one of the lamest anti-sicilian lines. I continue wth my Dragon without any dificulties.
After 2. ...d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5! dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 I believe Black is in big trouble. Not much better is 4. ...Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 dxe5! 9. Bxf7! Kxf7 10. Qxd8!!!
I don't believe playing the dragon setup is a good idea against 2. Bc4.
I believe against 2. Bc4 Black has to play ...e6 at some point and playing ...g6 after that only creates weaknesses on the dark squares.
So abandoning the dragon setup seems to be the best option.
What do you think?
I hear this is is called the Bowlder Attack, but I think it just aims at the f7 square. Not much else.
e6 sicilians are very strong. 2... e6 deals with 2.bc4 perfectly, but can be played against regular sicilians as well. You can play a6 and b5 (Sicilian Kan Wing Attack, my favorite opening) and it give you b7 for your light bishop, your dark bishop is important, since the dark squares can become weak without it.
After 1. e4 c5, I find many players (especially in live chess) will play 2. Bc4