Losing too many games with Black Sicilian

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azedw90


Hi there, I'm relatively new here. Been here for a week and already played close to 100 games.

 

I used to be a 1700-rated player and was spending too much time playing, so I had to stop for a few years. I'm back now, and have forgotten most of what I knew. But it appears that the same thing happened as before. I get too bogged down in opening theory, when at my level (now 1100) most people don't even play standard openings!

 

Crucially, I've lost 60% of my games as black, compared to winning 52% of my games as white. I didn't really play the Sicilian before, but it looks like I'm going to have to give it up.

 

I always come unstuck after 2. Bc4 which happens 80% of the time I play

 
And even though I reply with 2... e6 the game usually ends up where I try the the dragon and white puts their knight on g5 which really cramps my game. The only way I can kick it away is really with h6.... but that weakens my pawn structure and the whole purpose of my dragon. So I leave it there and try to develop the rest of my pieces.... but often I find my d5 pawn being very weak. The queen is often the sole defender. And usually this pawn gets lost and my whole position collapses...
 
Any tips in dealing with this pesky knight on g5? 
 
I find the fianchettoed bishop also gets loss pretty quickly when the opposing bishop gets backed up by the queen.... It just seems to lead to losing positions for me... sad.png
 

 

Comeaux

https://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/sicilian-defence

Someone posted that in a previous thread about the Bowlder attack and I found it helpful.  I still don't have as easy a time as I should against this setup when I play the sicilian.  The blog is 3 parts, click the link to part 2 to get into how to play against it.  I starting going with a6 after e6 intending b5 and have more success than before, but I'm just a patzer about the same level as you.  

Nimzowitsch2017

When white plays a bowler attack I play Nc6 followed by Nf6 and e6 going for d5, the fienchetto is wasteful and more time should be used to develop

BlunderLots

Tip #1: Don't open the center if your king is still un-castled. Why? Because that means your king is still in the center—opening things up around your unprotected king can lead to trouble.

 

Tip #2: If you're playing e6, put your bishop on e7. If you're playing g6, put your bishop on g7. But don't play e6 AND g6 before developing your bishop—you're just weakening too many dark squares in your position and delaying development for too long. 

 

Tip #3: White can usually play e4-e5 to attack your knight on f6. Keep this in mind. Often, this is why black will play ...d6, to guard the e5 square, before developing the knight to f6.

 

If you like g6 (Dragon), this is how your kingside development should look:

 

 

Personally, I the following style of kingside development, as it keeps my kingside pawns more intact:

 

 

But it's your call what you prefer to play.

Have you read any books or articles on the Sicilian? There are a lot of good resources out there to get you up to speed, as well as other variations that I haven't covered. Might be worth looking into.

Best of luck!

katena96
azedw90 написал:

 

And even though I reply with 2... e6 the game usually ends up where I try the the dragon and white puts their knight on g5 which really cramps my game. The only way I can kick it away is really with h6.... but that weakens my pawn structure and the whole purpose of my dragon. So I leave it there and try to develop the rest of my pieces.... but often I find my d5 pawn being very weak. The queen is often the sole defender. And usually this pawn gets lost and my whole position collapses...

 

The moves e6 and g6 together are a bad decision usually in Sicilian or another opening. And weak fields f6 h6 can cause danger for the king wink.png 

Cali_boy613
Yeah, don't fianchetto. Instead, work on taking advantage of the extra tempo d5 gets you.
savagechess2k

Play Petroff Defence. Draw All. Maybe win some.

azedw90
Cali_boy613 wrote:
Yeah, don't fianchetto. Instead, work on taking advantage of the extra tempo d5 gets you.

Yeah thanks for that mate.

 

Perhaps I misunderstood you, but after studying the accelerated dragon, I'm learning that delaying moving my d-pawn until I'm ready to play d5 in one move, this helps me significantly. 

 

I'm still fianchetto-ing, even though I find it useless most of the time!

I'm studying "Chess Openings for Black" by Roman Dzindzichashvili - which helps me with the correct move sequence!