I am really just guessing, but, for a 2000 player, I wonder if the thing to do is to go for Modernized: The Open Sicilian by Zhanibek Amanov, Kostya Kavutskiy.
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Book Recommendation for Sicilian
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Apr 1, 2016
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How to beat the Sicilian Defense - By Gawain Jones
Explains the sidelines against all Sicilian defenses. Very good in my opinion! I play all of his lines with success! Open sicilian is just too much memorization for me
I got Modernized: The Open Sicilian last year and I've enjoyed going through the games and variations. It's a pretty big book and I'm not even half way through all the lines but I've had some good games with these lines and I'm more comfortable with most sicilian positions as white. Since it's also pretty new all the lines are well checked by the authors and top engines (I've also put them through stockfish confirming this). The one thing that may put you off of this book is that many recommended lines are not the most played such as the h3 line against the najdorf, g3 systems against the kan and taimanov, and 9...0-0-0 against the dragon. But maybe that could be a good thing too! Anyway, maybe check these lines out before you decide but as an e4 player I've enjoyed this book.
In Starting Out: The Sicilian, GM John Emms introduces a lot of possibilities.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Suggestions can be found in:
Chris Baker's A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/more-nco-gambits-and-repertoires
John Emms's Attacking with 1.e4
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627003909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen29.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/one-book-repertoires-online-bargain
Kaufman's original repertoire book, The Chess Advantage in Black and White
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626223458/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen62.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/in-the-beginning-there-was-theory
Sam Collins's An Attacking Repertoire for White
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122005/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen66.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
Chess Openings for White, Explained by Alburt, Dzindzichashvili & Perelshteyn (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626210017/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen132.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/good...good...good...disastrous
The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)
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
How to Beat the Sicilian Defence by Gawain Jones (2011)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195254/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen147.pdf
Starting Out: Closed Sicilian by Richard Palliser (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175558/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen87.pdf
The Grand Prix Attack by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
Mayhem in the Morra by Marc Esserman (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
Rossolimo and Friends by Alexei Kornev (2015)
http://gainesvillechesstraining.com/?page_id=393
The Modern Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.a3 by Sergei Soloviov (2014)
A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid by Evgeny and Vladimir Sveshnikov
Taming the Sicilian by Nigel Davies (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf
Experts vs. the Sicilian edited by Jacob Aagaard & John Shaw (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626225408/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen71.pdf
Seven Ways to Smash the Sicilian by Yuri Lapshun & Nick Conticello (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627015506/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen126.pdf
Dismantling the Sicilian by Jesus de la Villa (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627002658/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen129.pdf
Sicilian Attacks by Yuri Yakovich (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627063241/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen145.pdf
Slay the Sicilian by Timothy Taylor (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
Steamrolling the Sicilian by Sergey Kasparov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101148/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen174.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
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I by Parimarjan Negi
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II by Parimarjan Negi
Coming soon:
Playing 1.e4 - Sicilian & French by John Shaw
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire For White by Sam Collins
Apr 2, 2016
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Negi wrote a book recently about 1.e4 against the Sicilian. I heard it's excellent even though I haven't yet purchased it.
It depends what you're looking for, but if you're into English Attacks, the Jesus de la Villa book is quite worth looking at. Theoretically heavy, but a well-researched book featuring very aggressive lines for white.
Apr 8, 2016
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Mr_Penings wrote:
How to beat the Sicilian Defense - By Gawain Jones
Explains the sidelines against all Sicilian defenses. Very good in my opinion! I play all of his lines with success! Open sicilian is just too much memorization for me
I like Gawain's book also. For the open sicilian, I have Dismantling the Sicilian which is pretty decent but Modernized: The Open Sicilian is supposed to be good and it is much more up-to-date.
I think the kan is very tactical if you know it. My coach 2100 plays it and scores very well!
@kindaspongey
Do you know any books on the Fischer-Sozin attack? I would appreciate it if you suggested any such book.
Anyone have a good book around 2000 USCF strength for good systems for playing against the Sicilian?
Basically I haven't played e4 for around 2 years, and I'm trying to get back into it. The biggest black opening I'm worried about re-learning is the Sicilian and all of it's variations. Anyone have a good book recommendation for what I'm trying to do.
Thanks :)