Sicilian Closed Variation (B23) variation for white?

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Avatar of DAchessmaster99

i played a 1940 who was white and he played a very weird sort of Sicilian:

Rybka 2.2n2 shows nothing unusual, but I think something went wrong with my play. Did I set up the Dragon correctly? Or is he just trying to try a new variation that is not categorized? Useful comments will be appreciated.
Avatar of PrawnEatsPrawn

I think you should put the Queenside Knight on c6 rather than d7 (where it hinders your development). With the Knight on c6 you also control the d4 square.

Avatar of Happy_Ragnarok

If you're having trouble finding info on that while looking up "Closed Sicilian", that's because this is called the "Grand Prix Attack."

Your Dragonish setup is considered theoretically fine.  After 5.Bc4, black will typically adopt a setup with Nc6, e6, Nge7, and 0-0.  White will try to push through f5 with a blunt attack on the kingside, black will try to break with d5 and open lines on the queenside, etc.

Avatar of DAchessmaster99

thanks, that will help a lot when preparing for my next tournament!