DESTROY the Sicilian with the Prins Variation!

In looking at another member's favorite new pet line that involves 6.f3, i looked into it and saw that 5.f3, the prins, has TREMENDOUS stats at 1600-2000 ratings. I did a bit of digging into games and put together a tree with stats & evaluations and uploaded the pgn for anyone interested. a lot of really strong players use it, and one reply about it in the prins thread said "this is what i dread"

I still love smith morra myself, but if another line can punish more sicilians, have at it!

the tree is sorted most popular replies first

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 51:43@385k = (!!!)

5…a6 6.c4! 56:38@166k +0.4

_____6…e5 7.Nb3 58:37@25k +0.6

__________7…Be6 8.Nc3 59:36@11k +0.6

__________7…Be7 8.Be3 62:34@2k +0.6

__________7…Nc6 8.Be3 62:32@1.4k +0.7

_____6…e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 59:35@1.6k +0.4 [[[[T1]]]]

_____6…Nc6 7.Be3 58:36@8k +0.6

__________7…e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.Nc3 62:32@1k +0.3

__________7…e5? 8.Nc2 64:32@1.3k +1.4

__________7…g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Nc3 62:31@1.7k +0.6

_____6…g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 60:32@1.9k +0.6

5…g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nb3 60:35@99 =

_____7…O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nc3 51:45@485 =

_____7…Nc6 8.Be2 51:37@35 -0.2

__________8…0-0 9.0-0 52:42@83 -0.5

__________8…Qb6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bg5 44:38@41 +0.2

5…e5 6.Bb5+ 55:39@10k =

_____6…Bd7 7.Bxd7+ 58:36@6.4k =

__________7…Nbxd7 8.Nf5 58:36@3.7k =

__________7…Qxd7 8.Nf5 60:34@2.8k =

_____6…Nbd7 7.Nf5 52:42@3.1k =

__________7…a6 8.Bxd7+ 56:36@515 =

__________7…Qb6? 8.Nc3 59:37@585 +1.5

__________7…d5 8.exd5 a6 9.Be2 46:54@13 -0.3

__________7…Qc7? 8.Bg5 71:25@55 +1.2

5…Nc6 6.c4 54:40@36k =

_____6…g6 7.Be3 54:38@7.5k +0.6

_____6…e5 7.Nc2 59:36@4k +0.5

_____6…e6 7.Be3 54:40@3.3k = [[[[T2]]]]

_____6…Qb6 7.Nc2 53:43@1.6k +0.3

_____6…Nxd4 7.Qxd4 54:39@3k +0.6

5…e6 6.c4 55:40@21k +0.2

_____6…Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 61:35@297 =

_____6…a6 7.Be3 SEE: 5…a6 6.c4 e6 (T1)

_____6…Nc6 7.Be3 SEE: 5…Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Be3 (T2)

and here's pgn if you want to plug it into a trainer

https://drive.google.com/file/d/164l_mMML65p5ME3jXlgVd9YfMv_hx00f/view?usp=sharing

hope this helps people struggling against the sicilian. I'm guessing that it's BOTH sound (= evals) as well as super aggressive (gambit stats). well, it has to be sound if top GMs are playing it

right, like I said... strong players. I couldn't remember his name, but last I checked, he's #1.

troll on that whoever!