Minority attack in paulson sicilians?

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BonTheCat

We've been over this in another thread as well. Although Stean was a grandmaster, I dare say he was completely wrong when he referred to Black's queenside attack in the Sicilian as a 'minority attack', and he's just muddying the waters concept-wise.

The point of a minority attack is to create a weakness in the enemy pawn majority formation by advancing the pawn minority until it comes into contact with the pawn majority, and then exchange or sacrifice the pawn in order to create a weak square in front of the enemy pawn and/or lay bare the pawn to attack by pieces. The b2-b4-b5xc6 or b7-b5-b4xc3 pawn rush against the Carlsbad structure, resulting in a (a?-)c6-d5 or (a?-)c3-d4 pawn formation, is surely the most commonly executed form, and also the most didactic example, but there are other forms. The square c5 (c4) is weak and can be occupied by a knight or a rook, while the pawn on c6 (c3) is open to attack by the heavy pieces along the c-file and along the sixth (third) rank.

In the Sicilian, you rarely see this type of attack on the queenside. Typically the attack is conducted concurrently with both pieces and pawns, such as the exchange sacrifice on c3.