U will be a master if u are prepared for all this lines in the sicilian. Good luck doing that.
The closed sicilian. There are many other lines but i cant really remember.
Getting booked up on White's responses to Sicilian...
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Jun 28, 2012
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Grand Prix attack, 1.e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6/e6/g6/Nc6 3. Bb5/Bc4/f4 followed by Nc3, 0-0, d3, Qe1, then f5, Qh4, Bh6, Ng5 and so on.
The c3 Sicilian. Can transpose into the Ruy Lopez but with Black having played c5 out of move order.
No do lots of other stuff too. I understand that opening preparation does not matter much!
I strongly suggest u not getting booked up into so many variations.
Well, he could be a 1400+ player and just hasn't caught up on the numbers. I know someone like this. So he can aspire to learn much about all variations of the Sicilian. He probably is also training in tactics, middle game AND end game too - just trying to be well rounded.
Yes, my USCF Quick rating is 1299 and usually those ratings are a couple hundred points lower than Standard rating. Yes I do! Davy Williams is right! I do lots of tactics a day. 1 hour + of TT. A lot of times I'll do couple of hours of TT. I study lots of chess a day. And the Sicilian is tactical opening! So it's good practice for my tactics! I should play Sicilian!
jempty_method wrote:
DavyWilliams wrote:
Well, he could be a 1400+ player and just hasn't caught up on the numbers. I know someone like this. So he can aspire to learn much about all variations of the Sicilian. He probably is also training in tactics, middle game AND end game too - just trying to be well rounded.
Sorry I disagree, he needs to focus on a simpler opening, so he can spend more time focusing on the other things. A simpler opening would be a more forcing opening, because then instead of having to book up on a myriad of systems, you have the initiative.
The most forcing first move openings against 1. e4 are Alekhine's 1...Nf6 and the Center Counter 1...d5, in that they both threaten White's e-pawn. Alekhine's however let's White set up that broad pawn center, so for a player the strength of the OP, I'd recommend the Center Counter, at first the variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5. This is a fairly simple and relatively safe "system" that does require learning so many lines as all those White systems against the Sicilian, and the beauty of it is, if the OP gets tired of it, or wants to learn something new, he can eventually switch to 2...Nf6.
I actually study chess like 4 hours a day. And 1-2 hours are tactics, so um yeah... I DO HAVE THE TIME!
I think what they mean is that your time would be a bit better spent studying something other than the Sicilian, whether it is another opening entirely, or middlegames/endgames.
One thing I have noticed, especially in live chess, lower rated players love to play 2. Bc4 against the Sicilian; I have faced it 37 times. Just play 2...e6 and you're fine.
I am not buying books or anything. Just going over masters' games. I understand it is not that helpful, but lets say out of 4 hours a day, 1 hour goes to opening theory, how is that going to harm me? I'm still studying 3 hours of quality chess/day. You guys are acting as if it will harm me! If anything it won't help me, but it shouldn't harm me in any way?
Jun 29, 2012
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I think you need to be more proportionate. It is recommended to spend only 10% of your chess study time on openings, and thats even at 1600+ USCF. If you want to continue studying your openings for an hour a day, I recommend you study ten or eleven hours a day, and only devote one hour to openings. Otherwise, seriously cut down on your opening studies. Once youre in the middlegame and endgame, its going to cost you
Also in the Najdorf I came up with a little in between move where before you play Be3, you instead play f3 to keep the N out of g4 which causes problems...
It is not continuous. I just need to get seriously booked on the Sicilian, and I am done.
Actually over 1,000 masters have performed my idea. If Qb6! then Nb3! That's what most masters played. And also, Qb6 can come any time it wants to, even if I don't play f3. But I'm seriously not playing Poisoned Pawn Variation. Instead I'm going to play Nb3, and I'm fine! I can play Bc4
Why do you 'need' to get booked up on all these lines?
Because that's what all Sicilian players do! You gotta be prepared for anything... They might play some nasty anti-sicilian, and you can get crushed if you don't know how to respond to it.
As Black I like to play the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian and this is my response against the open Sicilian.
However I'm very sure that I need to get booked up on other responses of White.
I was wondering if someone could just hand me like a list of variations that White can throw at me that I should get booked up on.
I know a few:
The Open Sicilian (that's easy)
The Alapin Variation (Know a little about it)
Smith-Morra Gambit (Need to get booked)
Bowlder Attack (Need to get booked)
Bb5 Sicilian (Know a little about it)
The Closed Sicilian (Need to get booked)
What else is there?
Also as White when I'm playing AGAINST the Sicilian. I choose the Open Sicilian and if my opponent plays the Dragon, then I play the Levenfish variation. It's also relatively easy to find out what to do against the Najdorf. Are there any other variations that stem out of the Open Siclian that I should study up on?