I wish to correct the statements made by Rat1960 & Blueemu
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
The above move order is the Sicilian Dragon not the Accelerated Dragon like Rat1960 said!
1.e4 c5 2. g6
The above move order is the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon not the Accelerated Dragon like Blueemu said!
1.e4 c5 2.Nc6
The above move order is the Accelerated Dragon.
2.Nc6 is an illegal move.
I have become a better player over the past few years, but I still shy away from Sicilians due to the massive amount of theory and preparation required.
I believe that my record with the Sicilian is worse than with my other preferential moves against 1. e4. This is despite the fact that I have read that 1... c5 is Black's best scoring response to White's 1. e4. So does this mean that you need to be of a certain skill level to play 1... c5 successfully?
yes I believe it is more sophisticated than any other opening choice for black. I gave up playing it myself for the same reason. Now I just play the Caro kann, its an easy life.