The "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3" opening while not very popular it isn't unheard of. Out of 880,000 games it was found in 332 games. What is not found was anyone who replied with 4. ...Bd7. I think it in itself would suggest it is a rather dubious move. One could play safely castling rather than the useless h3 played by your opponent and then retreat white's light squared bishop to b3. 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 a5 7.a3 a4 8.Ba2 and the white bishop still controls the a2-g8 diagonal. Seeing how this is a blitz game rather than castle I'd further develop with 5. Nc3 and play the riskier sacrifice on f7. (5.Nc3 b5 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Nd5)
Not particularly sound as white is down a piece but hey, it's blitz where everything and anything can go wrong.
Hello this is regarding the weird things that white can do against the Sicilian not anti Sicilians like the alapine and closed but just weird move orders this is one that has come up a few thousand times and Id like to share an Idea that has worked for me when this position or a similar position comes up
with this move it prepares to push the queenside pawn and gain ALOT of space too much to handle for team white
for a recent example here's a blitz game I played recently I blundered a bit but it was quite an interesting position
as you can see with the space advantage gained i was able to severely restrict whites options for active play and was able to make some progress on the kingside and eventually won
Im sharing this because it seems to be quite a thematic idea against the move bc4 against the Sicilian sometimes usually I go for this against a person unknowingly using the bowdler attack. If you guys have any other examples of things like this or ideas against weird Sicilian moves feel free to share