Sicilian Defense - which is the best??
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Erm..... Any suggestion???? which sicilian defense is probably the most reliable???? I have two options - Sicilian Najdorf and Sicilian Dragon.... but i dont know which one is better, I'm an aggresive player, so sicilian dragon probably the best for me, but Garry Kasparov is also an aggresive player, but he choses Sicilian Najdorf.....I wonder why.....is sicilian dragon not reliable??
so...... Sicilian najdorf or sicilian dragon??
Actually, the Maroczy Bind with 5.c4 against the Kan is a critical line (as advocated by Kotronias and Semkov in Attacking the Flexible Sicilian). If Black plays a Hedgehog setup he gets crushed, for example:
Erm..... Any suggestion???? which sicilian defense is probably the most reliable???? I have two options - Sicilian Najdorf and Sicilian Dragon.... but i dont know which one is better, I'm an aggresive player, so sicilian dragon probably the best for me, but Garry Kasparov is also an aggresive player, but he choses Sicilian Najdorf.....I wonder why.....is sicilian dragon not reliable??
so...... Sicilian najdorf or sicilian dragon??
Actually, the Maroczy Bind with 5.c4 against the Kan is a critical line (as advocated by Kotronias and Semkov in Attacking the Flexible Sicilian). If Black plays a Hedgehog setup he gets crushed, for example:
Sir, Maroczy is a good option.
But I havent seen a forced win from white to Sicilian in TCEC where top computer calculates billions of moves in every position.
In your line, Stockfish wont defend like a punching bag!
SF will fight back with d5, when you play b4.
In earlier moves, Nc6 is the better option than d6. In fact ,you play like totally cramp position for about 12 moves and claiming better is not logically sound.
Please read my comment properly. I said that if Black goes for a standard Hedgehog setup, he gets into a lot of trouble, not that the entire Kan was completely busted. Strangely enough, both games I have played in the line OTB have reached the position after move 15. In the first game (against an IM) I forgot about 16.g5! and played the meek 16.Bf3? and later lost, and then got the same position a couple of months later against an FM and won in 24 moves. So even titled players are unaware of the dangers of this line.
As for your suggestions, 9...Nc6 is a good try at this juncture (but a move very much not in the spirit of the Kan), with 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.f4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nd7 being the line given. The b7-Bishop looks a bit funny, and I would probably prefer White, but it's just an interesting position.
11...d5!? is obviously critical, but the following line seems to give White the advantage (also from Kotronias & Semkov):
According to Stockfish and Leela , they chose Najdorf, not Kan. But my theory in chess is like, " as there is big margin of error in chess that even if you play one or two sub optimal moves or you lose one pawn in a game ,you may be able to get a draw if you play precisely for the remaining moves.
Kan variation may still lead to draw but may be more difficult to draw than Najdorf.( according to Lc0 statistics in 60 millions games during training)
Strangely and funny enough, latest Leela net T40 chose Ruylopez ( Berlin, a known notorious drawish line among human ) as black. Not Sicilian.
"Generally speaking, 'Starting Out' and 'Sicilian Najdorf' are not exactly words that one envisions in the same title, because anyone who is just starting out should not dive into the vast ocean of theory that is the Najdorf. For beginners, the time invested in studying even minor lines can be more productively used solving tactical puzzles and basic endgame technique.
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... In some lines, a good understanding of basic principles will take you far, while in others, such as the Poisoned Pawn (6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6!?), memorization is a must, as one wrong move can cost you the game in the blink of an eye. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175558/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen87.pdf