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AnshumanNanda12345

I also suffer when someone plays 1..c4 can someone suggest me a sound anti sicilian opening 😊  

1vishal

Its english opening not sicilian...

AnshumanNanda12345

Opps sorry i meant 1..c5

poucin

Thx 1vishal for his useful comment... 1...c4 with 3 points, so it is a black move, and"anti sicilian" confirms that it is 1...c5, so no need to try to be smart when u are not.

 

I am sorry AnshumanNanda12345, there is no best sicilian.

It will depend on your tate.

- Grand Prix Attack

- Closed sicilian

- Rossolimo/Moscow variations on 2...d6 and 2...Nc6. Then u can try 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 b3 or going for KIA with 3.d3

- Kopec system, which is only good against d6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 or h3 first, going for Bc2 later and a italian like position).

- Alapin if u like to play isolani.

- Wing gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4 or maybe better 2.a3 followed by b4).

And we can add some lines...

Personally, i like closed sicilian, which also gives u an idea about how to play as black against 1.c4.

U can also mix with closed sicilian/Grand Prix Attack, according black's second move...

So as u can see, there is no absolute answer, u have to make your own opinion.

NihilDesperandum

Try McDonnell attack 1. e4 c5 2. f4

NihilDesperandum

Historically McDonnel played it as "anti sicilian" versus La Bourdonnais happy.png

Fly-Eagles-Fly

Number one overall best anti-sicilian:

2. Resign

In all seriousness though, I would probably play the closed sicilian. I almost always play the English opening though, so I hardly ever see it.

kindaspongey

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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:
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Sam Collins
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Simple_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_White.pdf
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Vincent Moret
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9033.pdf
The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7277.pdf
Starting Out: King's Indian Attack by John Emms (2005)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627034051/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen81.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
Starting Out: Closed Sicilian by Richard Palliser (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175558/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen87.pdf
The Closed Sicilian - Move by Move by FM Carsten Hansen (2017)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7715.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
Mayhem in the Morra by Marc Esserman (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.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
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
Coming soon:
Playing 1.e4 - Sicilian & French by John Shaw
If you decide to go for the open Sicilian, you could look in:
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

kindaspongey

The Chameleon Variation

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/59dd1b9e2278e7c9307e826c/1507662752754/cham_sic_excerpt.pdf

Sabotaging the Sicilian, French and Caro-Kann Defenses with 2.b3

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5a297ea4e4966b8324237790/1512668837756/sabotage_excerpt.pdf

Ziggy_Zugzwang

I believe Bb5 variations are good against d6/Nc6 setups. Against e6 Sicilians something else like the KIA for example.

ANOK1

IM Poucin mentions , the wing gambit ,1 e4 ,c5 2 b4 , that can question quickly blacks pawn bearing down on d4 (c5) , is it the best , probably not as b6 keeps the c5 pawn ,and allows a dangerous bishop at b7 , but it is fun