Sick of Sicilian

I see the c3 lines about 10x more than open lines these days. I am pretty sure any Sicilian player will know them as well as their main defense.

I am a fan of the Sicilian, specifically hyp accl-dragon although I plan to switch to Najdorf or regular dragon later on when I get better, and I would say that the 2.c3 anti-Sicilian is the easiest to learn (also easiest to play against as a consequence though). If you are more aggressive then try the Grand Prix Attack.

If none of the anti Sicilians are working for you, then switch to 1. d4 (D4 player myself). The downside is that in 1. d4 openings transpositions are common and you NEED to know which opening your opponent transposed into. The upside is that a lot of the 1.d4, 2.c4 openings have similar themes.

You're right. (the original name of the song is Fat Bottomed Girls)

Join the Group: Sicilian Grand Prix Attack. You'll learn a lot from the group

Why not try the Wing Gambit. Yeah its a bit unsound but at least the initiative is in your hands.

Why not give the Wing Gambit a try? Yeah its not completely sound but if your not winning as much as you like with the open sicilian cant hurt to try.

How about the Ruy Lopez?

Have you tried going into a KIA? It's pretty solid for white and it requires not that much knowledge as an open sicilian.

Watch some Fischer games. He made great use of it.

 I'm surprised. I thought the Rossolima was rarely played, and it was considered a minor deviation? Well, I know Dzindzichasvi is one of the leading chess authorites today who have also published a lot of material chess.

 Fischer used to play the KIA against the 2...e6 sicilians as he used to believe this gave him favorable variations of the KID , in which he was a great authority .

This is what I got as advise : Play the sicilian yourself AND try to understand it.Don't just learn yourself the move orders because once theory is at its end (wich still is quite alot of moves :p) your opponent will still have a advantage imo.

Try to understand why knight goes to that square,whats the reasoning ? Wich squares are weak and wich are strong ? For example in some variations black could win a pawn if he trades of he's c pawn but in return loses control of that crucial d4 square he spent 4 moves on to control.

I'm defo not the best player but I hope I helped :)

I had a friend who was being driven crazy by the Sicilian, he was never off the books.

I met him about six months later

how is that Sicilian repertoire going

great Got my own back on the ba*****ds, cracked it

Yeah

I open c4 now.

I nearly fell over laughing.

Yugoslov attack!!

tartakower variation