Sicilian Opening

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knightLite

Hello everyone, thanks for inviting me to We Chat Globally team!

I am not much for small talk, I just can't think of anything to say, but I do like to talk about chess. One thing I have been wanting to discuss with someone is the Sicilian opening, in particular, 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4...

Black's third move, Bc4 seems to ba a strong move but, I cannot find this move in my MCO 13 or any other chess book I currently have. The moves 3. ... e6 or Nf3 seems to work ok but I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with this opening.

JG27Pyth

Go to the pull down menus in the navigation bar across the top of the page   >learn>game explorer  put your moves in the game explorer.. you'll discover:

there's no name to your variation at move 4... but its seems to fall under the heading "modern variations." Your opening isn't terribly good statistically speaking for White... but 2700+ players Svidler and Aronian both won with it in 2006:

In short...it's worth a second look.

knightLite

Thanks JG27Pyth for the information. Since I am not a premium member yet I cannot go any further than that move with the opening explorer. but I will check out those games if I am allowed.

I have not played this opening myself yet, but I have had several people play it against me with mixed results.