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Prove Me Wrong: The Sicilian Defense is a Boring Opening
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Nov 4, 2021
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#123
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
MaskedNuisance wrote:
Pretty much the title says it all. I've been seeing all these books saying that the Sicilian Defense is really exciting and dynamic, however from my personal experience the Sicilian leads to EXTREMELY dull positions. I'm probably playing the wrong lines of the Sicilian as white, but every time I play 1.e4 and am met with 1...c5 I let out a slight groan, "ugh not again! this is why I play e4 to get these exciting games and not positional manuve ring like the positions that result in the QGD, (and besides I always play the QGA and almost immediately follow up with 3...c5, the Gunsberg Defense, which seems to have served me well.). So back to the Sicilian, my question is why do the books praise it as "leading to exciting and unbalanced positions" from what I can tell is that Black locks in his dark-squared bishop early and sometimes follows up with e5, blocking the fienchetto diagonal.
Here's the perfect example of a Sicilian game becoming a very standoffish and dull match:
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/286667617633610
Does anyone else find the Sicilian to be a non-aggressive and boring opening?
Troll thread or you are so dumb. You are literally contradicting all titled players, engines, and its 800-year long history.
nickolay has no brain confirmed
Nov 4, 2021
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#127
u have to study more about the sicilian (im also doing the same)
sicilian has everything that chess can give u( positional elements, dynamics, static, attacks, defense, endgame understanding , and more)
Nothing is symmetrical for both sides , so it is always interesting(unless u play 40 moves of najdorf computer prep draw 
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Nov 4, 2021
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#128
blueemu wrote:
royalknight101 wrote:
NikkiLikeChikki wrote:
The Sicilian isn't as boring as the Rick Astley meme.
i agree, the tricks are just boring and easy to spot at this point
The only interesting rickroll I've seen in years is this one:
lmaoooooo
B1ZMARK escribió:
harrytipper3 wrote:
Any opening is boring if you play boring chess. Examples;
-Alapin against the Sicilain
-French Defense exchange
-Ruy Lopez; Berlin defense
-Any opening involving the Caro Kann
In the first two cases white is choosing to make the game boring, in the latter two black is choosing to make the game boring.
If depends on your own moves and choices, not the opening.
“Any opening involving the caro kann”
LOL
Old thread, but I beg to differ...
Courtesy of http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2013/complete-caveman.htm
May 5, 2022
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#132
Optimissed wrote:
Argonautidae wrote:
B1ZMARK escribió:
harrytipper3 wrote:
Any opening is boring if you play boring chess. Examples;
-Alapin against the Sicilain
-French Defense exchange
-Ruy Lopez; Berlin defense
-Any opening involving the Caro Kann
In the first two cases white is choosing to make the game boring, in the latter two black is choosing to make the game boring.
If depends on your own moves and choices, not the opening.
“Any opening involving the caro kann”
LOL
Old thread, but I beg to differ...
Courtesy of http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2013/complete-caveman.htm
Alapin's really good. Black can play the boring defences though but 2. ...d5 isn't boring at all. Or shouldn't be. Caro-Kann can be really weird and definitely not boring. Bizmark doesn't know his openings.
Are you aware that I wasn’t the one who claimed that the caro kann is boring?
May 5, 2022
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#133
I like the Sicilian for the imbalance and counter play. It’s what I was taught, will ever know and forever play against e4.
Far from boring because white has so many replies and anti-Sicilians to keep me on my toes. I appreciate the variety and little theory.
Despite what people say, there is very little theory; just a few ideas to grasp. I say this because I am a slow dim wit who does not even own one chess book and have successfully beat stronger players with it.
I love how people are posting serious responses to this thread
May 5, 2022
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#137
The thing with the Sicilian is all the study. White has excellent chances to counter ALL the mainline variations and the vast majority of the sidelines, if White has enough knowledge.
I never play the Sicilian, myself. And when I play against it, it is nearly always a quiet game.
Everything's a boring opening if both players know the theory and play to a draw! The real excitement happens in 1000 rated bullet games 🙏😂
the sicillian is actually really drawish. 1. e4 c5 2. c4 and a draw can be agreed straight away.
who won?
Rick