See a book like FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings. There are many ways to play the Sicilian, but the c5 pawn is not a significant weakness in any of them as far as I know. On the contrary, in the Open Sicilian lines, White will play d4, and Black will exchange off the c-pawn with ...cxd4, giving Black a nice central pawn majority, which is his chief advantage in the Sicilian.
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If your talking about live Chess, then I'd say study 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 because it is by far the most common move for White at <1600 level.
the c5 pawn is not weak, but if you want to defend it, play 2...e6 (I think its called the Kan variation)
The real problem you'll have is the weak d6,d5, and sometimes f5 squares. Also be wary of sacrifices on b5, e6, or even sometimes d5 (if a pawn is at e6 though those sacs are rare).
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If your talking about live Chess, then I'd say study 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 because it is by far the most common move for White at
the c5 pawn is not weak, but if you want to defend it, play 2...e6 (I think its called the Kan variation)
Against 2.Bc5 e6 is great, though it isn't the Kan unless white plays 2.Nf3,e6 3.d4,cxd4 4.Nxd4,a6
Hi chasm1995, One way white could exploit the weakness of the c5 pawn is in the Rossolimo Variation 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5. White will go Bxc6 doubling black's pawns on c6 and c5. Then c5 is weak. However, in most variations you will see it actually isn't likely that the c5 pawn will become weak.
Oraoradecki is spot on that Bc4 is common at lower levels and that ...e6 limits the bishop.
I have a decent d4 d5 opening, but when white does e4 instead, I'd like to be able to use the sicilian defence. What is the correct way to play it, and how do you prevent white from exposing the weakness of the c5 pawn?