How do you play against Sicilian Defense?

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bigbeast321

I usually play with a closed sicillian so there is not a lot of threats

Merciless_Boy

2. Nf3.

naro_tal2013

I learnt recently e4 c5 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 nxc3 d6 bc4

naro_tal2013

Lots of development for 1 pawn

ItsTwoDuece
fevil wrote:

An idea could be to play the Alapin 1. e4, c5 2.c3 so I will avoid many variants that blacks can choose, but I think there isn't many possibilities for win.

Simply untrue my friend! the Alapin can be very deadly despite its unassuming looks. I'd recommend looking at Daniel Naroditsky's opening speedrun games where he recommends some very sharp and aggressive alapin lines

Klcp8

I don’t know how to play against Sicilian Defense because when I play 1.e4 my opponent just play the Sicilian Defense. Then I just started to attack but his pieces just don’t let me attack because his defence is too good.

darkunorthodox88

cant go wrong with the closed sicilian with g3. its an idea based opening and lets you skip having to learn all the intricacies of all the sicilian sidelines. its not for the people glued to computer evals though. Plenty of positions for white the engine will say dead equal or maybe a feather bit better for black but completely underestimate white's counterplay at the human level. It was a favorite of two world champions (smyslov and spassky) so it has good pedigree too despite not being as popular anymore.