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| Aug 16, 2023 at 23:58 | comment | added | Peter Flom | The four criteria you mention seem contrary to the whole spirit and reality of the Sicilian. Remember that every White player will have their own favorite line. So, you need to learn not only something against the open Sicilian but also the Alapin, Rossolimo, Smith Morra, Closed, and more. That's not for people who don't want to have to learn a lot of theory or who want to not have one bad move ruin things. There are much better choices for club players. Scandi, Caro, French, Petroff, or even the Modern/Pirc. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 2:38 | answer | added | user17740 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 12:41 | answer | added | Hauptideal | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 17:10 | comment | added | ypg | My recommendation though not about the Sicilian is that for the level of player you describe you forget about the Sicilian if you are going to play Black and study the The Petroff Defense (also known as the Russian Defense) is a full positional sound opening. hidden bite. It is one of the most reliable openings in chess, popular at all levels, from beginners to strong grandmasters. | |
| Jul 29, 2022 at 20:20 | comment | added | q.undertow | I have followed the Shankland link, but I find the claim that the classical Sicilian "avoids weaknesses" superficial at best. The issue is that you'll almost always have to answer Bxf6 (which will come) by gxf6. And then your pawns are vulnerable, not so much to capture as to blockade (and consequent restriction of your Bishops). The Hyper dragon isn't useful to avoid mainline theory, because White can just play c4 before d4 and then transpose to the Bind. So I'd pick the Taimanov/Kan from your list. | |
| Jul 28, 2022 at 19:24 | comment | added | dlemper | As Black, the most difficult anti-Sicilian to play against is the Alapin. Agree a close second are Bb5 systems like the Rossolimo. Youngsters tend to play the Grand Prix & I can usually beat that. If White heads toward an open Sicilian I just do my best with the Sveshnikov, or rarely the Scheveningen with or without Najdorf move order. | |
| Jul 28, 2022 at 9:00 | comment | added | Hauptideal | @dlemper Of course, I'm looking for an Open Sicilian, but I'm very OK with all the Anti-Sicilians, because all of them (except Rossolimo) are utterly toothless and not really challenging. | |
| Jul 27, 2022 at 21:35 | comment | added | dlemper | I assume you're looking for an open Sicilian. When I reply ...c5 , about 75% of the time White plays an anti-Sicilian. My peak ELO was 1300 & most opponents < 1600. I suspect at these levels players want to avoid the complexities of an open Sicilian. | |
| Jul 27, 2022 at 19:55 | comment | added | Hauptideal | @B.Swan thanks for your answer! Regarding the HAD, do you mean being strangulated in a Maroczy bind? | |
| Jul 27, 2022 at 19:12 | comment | added | B.Swan | My recommendation would be Kan/Taimanov, because they are idea-driven and safe. The Classical is more on the sharper side. In the HAD I think there is a huge strategical risk of getting a hopeless position if you do not play the opening correctly. | |
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