what is the best defense for Sicilian

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astropikachu
well idk what is... Any ideas?
crazedrat1000

Depends alot on what your goals and style are. For below masters level in an online setting... my recommendations would be these -

- if you want tactical try the lowenthal

- if you want easy equality in most cases, and good pressure / activity, try the four knights

- if you want to avoid the anti-sicilians and play something very different try the nimzowitsch

- if you want to buckle down and out theorize the opponent / punish their theoretical mistakes try the accelerated dragon or classical

- if you like to play spontaneously and intuitively try the bastrikov

- if you want solid and offbeat try the taimanov w/ a6... often this can be transposed into the bastrikov or four knights, allowing you to bypass whites prepared mainline responses to those openings (Ndb5, Be3)

astropikachu

thanks @ibrust... helped a lot bro