Fighting the Sicilian Rossolimo Attack

hi ,

       Any one know how to beat the Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+

I believe the variation with 2...d6 3.Bb5+ is called the Moscow while the Rossolimo is 2...Nc6 3.Bb5. 3.Bb5+ is the worse of the two, just go Bd7 against it, and if they take on Bd7, take back with the queen. Go look at an opening explorer for a few seconds and follow the top moves, the main line leads to a French Advance structure with the light square bishops already traded off.

hi, 

    m very much confused with the alapin, any one know the best or solid system to beat the delayed alapin.

                                                                          Thnx

The Hyper accelerated dragon

After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Topalov plays  3....Nb-d7 a lot leads to more complex games than 3...Bd7 if this is what prefer.