New Anti Sicilian line for White

Hi friends,

Watch a video "A new strong opening line for white against Sicilian Defence" free at

http://chessthinkingsystems.blogspot.com/

and discuss its effectiveness here.

The line is very old (i vaguely recall Fisher playing against it in a game, and was already old at the time). It's a nice practical weapon, trying to force B in a marozky bind structure, and probably quite effective at club level against the countless players who play the najdorf without understanding the basic themes of the opening just because "GM xxx plays it".  Theoretically however it leads to an = game, and in master games the variation scores poorly. I have just briefly looked at some parts of the video, which looks like a nice but somewhat biased introduction, and i wasn't able to find the answer 5...e5!, which is considered the easiest way to equalize.

Thnx, the GM says e5 will be covered in next sequel to be released next week.

I hope this line will be covered in the sequel.

but that link comes out to be forbidden in my firewall

Part 2 by Smirnov is yet to come. The link by ajedriocito seems fake.

Thnx ajdro, your text is very nice. I am gonna print it and study.

hi friends,

now you can watch a video "A new strong opening line for white against Sicilian Defence (Part-2)" free at

http://chessthinkingsystems.blogspot.com/

and discuss its effectiveness here.

"6.Nb3 Be6
7.c4 Nbd7
8.Be3 Rc8
9.Na3 a6 (knight is ok on a3, would go to b5 so black plays a6)
10.Be2 Be7
11.O-O O-O
12.Qd2 and rooks to center again. White has space advantage and comfortable position. Knight will reroute through c2-e3-d5 or c2-b4-d5."

This might be the critical variation in my view. On surface it looks very pleasant for W, and i'm pretty sure i would not be able to defend B position without preparation. However I have found that W scores really bad in master games from this position. Several games have continued 12...Ne8(Nh5 is much the same)13.Rc1 g6 14.Rfd1 f5 and suddently W comes under heavy attack on the kingside. The point might be that W needs too much time to regroup his pieces. If B attacks immediately with this f5 plan he is playing a sort of dream king indian where W queenside counterplay is minimal. I think W is not doing well at all in this variation.

There are a number of anti-Sicilian systems for White. If you really want to make a lasting contribution to chess, create one for Black.

GM Igor suggests Kan variation for beginners and Najdorf for experts for black in his "Grandmaster's Opening Laboratory".