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Which sicilian is the most principled and revolves around the same themes ?
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I've been playing the Taimanov then the Najdorf, but I was getting very bland and boring equal position from the former, and getting destroyed in the latter. I'm an English player for white, and Nimzo vs d4, but I can't seem to find something that suits me vs e4 in the same style, developing in a principled way and coming out with a great position out of the opening that's not totally crazy, but also not static
1. e4 e5. Obviously you're wasting your time with the Sicilian.
Sep 24, 2022
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#5
If you are a Nimzo-Indian player, typically a deep strategic player that is not looking to draw but also not burn bridges, I suggest 1...e5 with the following lines:
Ruy Lopez - Check out the Zaitsev or Chigorin. Only play the Berlin in the final round of a tournament if a draw wins it all for you.
Italian - Two Knights with 5...Na5! (None of this ...Nxd5 baloney and no allowing the over-hyped fried liver BS.)
Scotch - 4...Nf6
King's Gambit - 2...exf4 3.Nf3 d5!
Vienna - 2...Nf6
Sep 24, 2022
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#6
I think the Sicilian Kan will fit your style, as you'll get a headgehog like pawn structure that can lead to good counter attack, you'll will not have to worry about the Rossolimo, and the English attack doesn't work against it. Against the Alapin, start with Nf6 and you'll be fine.
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"I've been playing the Taimanov then the Najdorf, but I was getting very bland and boring equal position from the former, and getting destroyed in the latter."
++ If you can get equal positions with the Taimanov, then by all means stick to that.
Getting destroyed in the Najdorf is normal.
You have to lose 100 games before you gain an understanding.
The most principled and the most in line with the English are probably
the Dragon 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6,
the accelerated Dragon 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6,
and the hyperaccelerated Dragon 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 g6.
Sep 25, 2022
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#8
You could try the kalashnikov. You get the same structure every time, with basically similar plans. And if need be, there can be tactics, as well as strategy.
Sep 26, 2022
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B1ZMARK wrote:
You could try the kalashnikov. You get the same structure every time, with basically similar plans. And if need be, there can be tactics, as well as strategy.
The structure is not the same every time.
Remember, there are 16 pawns, not 8. The White ones count too. If all you look at is Black's, you will get nowhere. That would mean the QGD plays the same as the French (we all know they do not play the same).
In the Kalashnikov, you have to deal with positional lines involving 6.c4 and tactical lines where White plays 6.N1c3 without advancing the c-pawn. The behavior in those 2 lines is vastly different from one another.
Sep 26, 2022
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ThrillerFan wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
You could try the kalashnikov. You get the same structure every time, with basically similar plans. And if need be, there can be tactics, as well as strategy.
The structure is not the same every time.
Remember, there are 16 pawns, not 8. The White ones count too. If all you look at is Black's, you will get nowhere. That would mean the QGD plays the same as the French (we all know they do not play the same).
In the Kalashnikov, you have to deal with positional lines involving 6.c4 and tactical lines where White plays 6.N1c3 without advancing the c-pawn. The behavior in those 2 lines is vastly different from one another.
The pawn breaks are essentially the same, and at a minimum, it is more narrowed down than most other sicilians.
I've been playing the Taimanov then the Najdorf, but I was getting very bland and boring equal position from the former, and getting destroyed in the latter. I'm an English player for white, and Nimzo vs d4, but I can't seem to find something that suits me vs e4 in the same style, developing in a principled way and coming out with a great position out of the opening that's not totally crazy, but also not static