hmm looks very promising. dunno :P think black has compromised a bit. f5 doesnt look too strong, think Nf6 is better
Shocking Sicilian Variation...
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Sep 22, 2009
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Two points:
a) White missed 5. c4. That is the reason, why black usually plays 4. - Nf6.
b) The final position is unclear. White can play 9. f3 preventing black e5-e4 and then 0-0, Re1 with pawn up and counterplay. Black's Qb6 is met with Qe2 and Be3 (d4 -> Bf2 and black pawn is still pinned to queen).
I have been seeing this more and more recently. I refer to it as an "improved Kalashnikov" because white cannot profit from Nd4-b5.
The key move is 5.c4. White usually has a lot of trouble trying to engineer this move against 2...d6 Sicilians; e.g.
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.c4 and white had to trade bishops first, which is in black's favour.
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 and white had to give up the bishop pair.
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3!? and white can often achieve c4, but black has faster development (and can try for a quick ...e5 and ...d5 to prevent c4).
In your line, white simply gets it for free, no questions asked.
I'm not an expert in openings, but what do you think of the following variation? I came along that in one of my games.