Where can I find instructive and annotated sicilian defense games?

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CrushKings

Where can I find instructive and annotated Sicilian defense games?

I am looking for Najdorf - Scheveningen - Classical Sicilian's structure, but I am not looking for crazy, attacking games, just a normal, solid game, where black's develops an attack on the queenside, and white tries to do something on the king's side (like O-O f4 g4 Bf3 Kh1 g5) or (like O-O f4 Qe1 Qg3 Bd3 Kh1).

and thanks from advance...

kindaspongey

Understanding the Sicilian

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_the_Sicilian.pdf

Starting Out: The Sicilian
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf

blueemu

Botvinnik's 100 Games contains several Sicilians that should meet your requirements.

tlay80
Some of the Karpov-Kasparov games might fit the bill. I haven’t bought it, but I see Timman’s just published an annotated collection of them. They’re annotated lots of other places too.

The most helpful game collections I know are Nunn’s “Understanding Chess Move by Move” and “Grandmaster Chess Move by Move,” but most of the Sicilian games there tend to the aggressive end of the spectrum. I can’t remember if there are enough exceptions to warrant it for you. But these are where I turn first when I want to start getting a sense of the ideas behind an opening.
pfren

The Sicilian Labyrinth by Lev Polugaevsky is an all time classic.

It has been printed in a two volume English edition, but it may well be hard to find copies right now.

Pulpofeira
pfren escribió:

The Sicilian Labyrinth by Lev Polugaevsky is an all time classic.

It has been printed in a two volume English edition, but it may well be hard to find copies right now.

I have them in Spanish. I always play Queen's Pawn as white and 1. ...e5 against 1. e4 as black. But my wife once saw them and bought them for me. grin.png

forked_again

Why don't you study MVL's Najdorf games and Carlsen's  Scheveningen (and other sicilian) games?  

kindaspongey
tlay80 wrote:
Some of the Karpov-Kasparov games might fit the bill. I haven’t bought it, but I see Timman’s just published an annotated collection of them. ...

The Longest Game

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9067.pdf

BonTheCat
pfren wrote:

The Sicilian Labyrinth by Lev Polugaevsky is an all time classic.

It has been printed in a two volume English edition, but it may well be hard to find copies right now.

Can only concur. Polugayevsky was a life-long Sicilian devotee (working out almost all on his own the Polugayevsky Varation), and a world-class player.

OldPatzerMike
pfren wrote:

The Sicilian Labyrinth by Lev Polugaevsky is an all time classic.

It has been printed in a two volume English edition, but it may well be hard to find copies right now.

Both English language volumes are available (and reasonably priced!) on abebooks.com.

blueemu
Optimissed wrote:

Bobby Fischer's books.

He said he wasn't looking for tactical games. More strategic examples.

"How Karpov Wins" has lots of annotated Sicilians.