how did you get that? that looks like an exchange philidor with a premature c5, not a sicilian?
Failed sicilian defence
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Well, normally the attack of black in the Silician defence starts with a pawn c7 -> c5, grabbing my pawn on d4. But as he started with e7 -> e5 -> d4, his queen and bishop are free. Then he moves c7 -> c5 wanting to take my Knight, so I place it Nd4-f3 or Nd4-f5. He takes my Knight with Bf5 or Bg4-f3 knowing that I can easily take him back with my Pawns, but he doesn't seem to care as he doesn't play a lot with his bishops. But I lost a quite useful Knight..
Never heard of exchange philidor, just looked it up and it's ideal for this situation. I was just wanting to learn some techniques but he keeps starting with his central pawns.. The pawn on c5 is placed after I put my Knight on d4, so that's just for taking my Knight out..
cottonsock wrote:
As you can see , the Sicilian defence is not one that I ever play.
+1
Jarno1205 wrote:
Hello everyone!
I hope someone could help me here, when I try making a Sicilian Defence, I fail doing this quite a lot. Are there alternative ways of doing this?
When I move the knight back, it doesn't do a lot to the build of my defence, so I've tried my knight on f4, where it gets caught by his bishop. When I place my bishop to e3, my opponent takes my knight anyways.
Anyone who could help me out?
Thanks a lot!
Until you get better do not dwell on openings. All you need for now is:
Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
Hello everyone!
I hope someone could help me here, when I try making a Sicilian Defence, I fail doing this quite a lot. Are there alternative ways of doing this?
When I move the knight back, it doesn't do a lot to the build of my defence, so I've tried my knight on f4, where it gets caught by his bishop. When I place my bishop to e3, my opponent takes my knight anyways.
Anyone who could help me out?
Thanks a lot!
