https://www.chess.com/live/game/3118017767
this is blitz but you can go for this kind of formation and it's fairly easy to play
Black's response to 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4
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Dec 1, 2018
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2... e6 gives black an easy equal position. If white plays Nf3 and d4 they'll have an open Sicilian with a misplaced bishop on c4. Otherwise if they play Nc3, d3, and Nf3 then there's nothing to worry about unless you blunder into something. It's not bad for white but not very challenging at all.
Not a bad move, but a bit premature, black can play e6, Nf6 and hit the center with d5
Your flag indicates your British, why not try I.M Basman's Be2 system?
I would go with an e6 set up and probably just go 2...e6. White commits his bishop early, and this allows black to play for a structure where the bishop is not only sub-optimally placed (it is simply biting on the rock at e6, it would much prefer the d1-h7 diagonal in most resulting structures) but is also exposed. Black can often play moves like ...d5 or ...b5 with a tempo, forcing white to move the bishop. Of course Black can still play a standard Sicilian set up, but if you want to split hairs and are comfortable with a wide variety of openings/middle-games, you can "take advantage" of white's move order. For example, you can often play an early ...d5 and transpose to a french defense where black gains a tempo by forcing the Bishop to retreat to either d3 or e2, the square the bishop would normally move to in a french, and white has simply wasted a move on Bc4.
I can't seem to find this in any book though it seems to be played fairly frequently at my level. I would be interested to hear any thoughts. Does 2. ... d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 simply transpose to a Najdorf-like position where the bishop on c4 will be vulnerable to the later b5 advance gaining a tempo for black? 4. Ng5 will obviously be met by ..e6 and the knight move looks wasted. 4. ... d5 isn't an alternative here as after 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 f6 i'm fairly sure white is winning.