This nameless line is highly effective against the Sicilian Defense

The problem with this line is that White has wasted tempi by moving the queen twice in the opening, so you have to energetically maximize your space advantage as much as possible.

The lines that concern me the most for White are those with ...e6, when Black decides to develop quickly. Even so, the variation remains very playable for White.

I'm winning 71% of my games with this line - it's a goldmine! I've spent years studying the Open Sicilian after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 and also the Morra Gambit 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3 and the Snyder 1. e4 c5 2 b3!?

but no matter how much I've studied, those haven't given me as good results as this practical line.

Why? First, because it surprises the opponent. No Sicilian course teaches this variation, probably because it seems stupid

but they don't teach it, so White already plays with an advantage. Second, most games tend to follow a similar pattern since Black, being unfamiliar with the line, usually plays the same responses.

The lines that start with ...e6 after Nc6 tend to be the most concerning, so White needs to be well-prepared.

I want to respond to the variation suggested by a user who insulted me in a previous message and offered one of the most critical lines that almost no one plays.

(In every chess opening, there are critical lines, and that doesn’t mean we should stop playing the Scotch, the Ruy-Lopez, or the Italian. If Black plays correctly, the game will always tend toward absolute equality because chess is a draw if no one makes mistakes, folks.)

That being said, the line suggested by the user is rarely played, but it’s important to know it since there are grandmaster games featuring it. I'll show the game between Matsukevich and Marchisotti, which ended in a draw.

So, let's take a look at it :

The final position is very complex

both sides can play for a win, but I prefer White.

Black has a strangely placed king on f8 and a rook on h8 that isn't participating in the game.

It is one of the critical lines, but that doesn’t mean White should stop playing this variation.

DID BRO LEAVE??

NO WAY, BRO GOT SENT BACK TO LICHESS

I AM HERE IT SAYS BRO GOT INACTIVE LIKE 45 MINUTES AGO, AIN'T NO WAYYY

Well, The OP didn’t have a very open minded attitude.

Everything he said was made with a very forceful agenda.

It is very telling when a person tries to push lines on people and tries to build up the line using their chess rating as a form of authority or superiority.

What the OP didn’t know and understand is Chess.com has been Blessed with some very strong and talented chess players that often comment on the forum section threads daily.

A Strong Collective Group of Chess players can often break down and analyze any chess position which was apparently an issue for the OP.

I think the OP wanted people to just stand back and be mesmerized by him and his line.

When people started questioning his line, He got upset it seemed.

Pretty Sad situation really because I was willing to give his line a try.

At this point in my chess career, I don’t care if I lose a chess game due to playing bad.

I don’t care if the line is good, bad, or trash.

My points go up and down all the time.

I played it 1 time and I drew with it, but the line has problems.

The main issue is the Light Square Bishop in a lot of Open Sicilian lines belongs on the c4 square. Having the Queen on d3 really hurts the development.

I do think the OP decision to play Nd5 was a good idea.

A pawn structure change could fix some of the issues.

I remember their is a line in the Open Sicilian were white aims to get the E pawn to move to d5 in order to create a Queen side pawn majority.

Then they push the pawns on the Queenside.

The Light Square Bishop is often on e2 and Dark Bishop is on like e3 all escorting the pawn storm.

I think that could be decent idea.

Two things you will often notice about the enthusiastic Smith Morra players, regardless of their rating.... a) usually bullet players, b) they've usually never played the sicilian as black. From looking at the OPs games both appeared to be the case. I appreciate we had an NM step in to restore sanity, but the failure to address the rational arguments was another giveaway.

A roughly equal sicilian position which black has not seen before is what black gets almost every game in the sicilian - assuming he manages to equalize. It's a very conceptual opening... you don't always need to have seen the exact lines to play them well. Tbh they all start to feel the same after a while. The value of the anti-sicilians is mainly that they save white time and give him something simple to focus on, but that's simply a practical concession.

100% and I agree with everything.

I saw that Chessable has also a course on it.

But i was curious if Black plays like a dragon setup, but keeps his knight on g8 ;

c5 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 d6 , because 7.Nd5 is met with 7...e6 . So what will White play i'm curious.

I usually always play Nd5, but now that I'm analyzing, it seems more accurate to play Be2.

I normally used to retreat my knight to e3, and although I've had good results with that line, I admit it doesn't look good for White.

So the logical move is Be2, then 0-0, and wait for the opponent to play that almost inevitable Nf6. They might go for the Bg4 variation, but then we’d be looking at a different type of position after Bxf3.

PD : I am the OP

The arrogance makes sense

nobody really liked your thinking, so stop beefing with everyone.

the majority of the population in my country (92,6%) took the genocidal COVID vaccine, a vaccine that clearly violated the Nuremberg Principles so I don't expect most people to think like me either

stupidity is usually the norm among people (that's why concentration camps were allowed)

unfortunately, there are very few free thinkers

The truth is usually in the minority I'm used to it, so your words only serve to prove me right

ok, but ngl almost everyone here has more common sense than you

Common sense is the worst kind of sense

it's literally a lie

Everyone has their own version of it

There are mathematical certainties, scientific certainties.

I'm winning 60% of my games with this line at mid-to-high levels on Lichess in Bullet (2800) and Blitz (2500).

This is a mathematical certainty, which means this line works quite well at mid-to-high levels and you barely need to study any theory.

The Sicilian player almost never faces it, and even if they have studied it, they usually lack the practical experience.

So, no matter how much theory you know, if you rarely get to practice it because your opponents rarely play this line, chances are you won’t get good results against it.

That makes this variation an incredibly powerful weapon and unbelievably, it doesn’t even have a name!

Humanity as a whole has underestimated this brilliant chess line against the Sicilian Defense!

By the way, I should say that I've studied the line more deeply since the last time I posted in this thread under the username @Nyzaro.

I no longer play the complex Bf4 line against e6! and the setups with a6 that another forum member tried to refute quite accurately those lines are very complex for both White and Black.

Nowadays, I find it easier and more practical to go for the simple setup with Nf3, Be2, and 0-0 nothing too complicated, although that’s a matter of personal preference.

These short castling lines have a drawback compared to the long castling ones:

Black can choose to trade queens early with the freeing move d5.

But hey, every chess variation has its downsides, right? You just have to learn how to deal with the lines you like less

seems cool, could you play against me on it, I want to learn the theory, thanks!

like could you walk me through pls

that means unblocking me btw

Sure, but it's already very late in my country today, i go to sleep

Let me know another day and time, and challenge me to a game on Lichess.

I'll leave my username in this link, where I usually play.

You can message me there when you think it's a good time to play.