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 01/04/24 at 19:00:36In: Re: Santos' White Reperto... By: kylemeister |
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Sveshnikov (1 Viewing)
Sveshnikov/Pelikan, Kalashnikov, Lowenthal & Grivas Sicilian [B32-33] Moderator: proustiskeen
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08/19/25 at 00:02:14 In: Re: Lowenthal variation o... By: FreeRepublic |
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01/17/25 at 21:27:50 In: Re: Spectacular early nov... By: FreeRepublic |
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Classical (1 Viewing)
Richter-Rauzer [B60-69], Classical Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation & Sozin Benko [B56-59] Moderator: proustiskeen
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03/26/26 at 14:24:54 In: Re: Another Velimirovic Q... By: FreeRepublic |
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Scheveningen
Scheveningen, inc. Keres Attack, Perenyi, Sozin Velimirovic Attack [B80-89] Moderator: proustiskeen
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08/10/25 at 09:28:25 In: Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4... By: MartinC |
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Open Sicilians
Najdorf, Sveshnikov, Kan & others [B32-33, B40-49, B54-69 & B80-99] with GM Michael Roiz (Moderator: proustiskeen)
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The O'Kalashnikov
Sorry about the facetious name!
After 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6 3 c4 Nc6 4 d4 cd 5 Nd4 e5 6 Nf5, I’m sure 6 …d5!? is the strongest move. But I’ve always found Kalashnikov-type positions interesting, so I’... Started 08/19/25 at 03:51:33 by Michael Ayton |
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08/31/25 at 08:12:39 By: Michael Ayton |
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Pin variation - some hope?
Hi,
there is a new course by Modern Chess about the Sicilian Pin variation. It is done by GM Jobava and IM Krishnater. It is based on games by GM Erigaisi. According to the fre... Started 07/09/25 at 08:22:46 by emary |
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07/16/25 at 12:44:37 By: FreeRepublic |
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Carlsen essays the Fischer-Sozin
A bit of a blast from the past, I'd say, with Carlsen today (vs. Keymer) playing an old favorite of John Emms: 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4. The continuation was 7...Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. a5 Ng...
Started 10/05/23 at 15:00:03 by kylemeister |
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10/05/23 at 15:00:03 By: kylemeister |
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Löwenthal broken?
hello! I'm a player who always liked Löwenthal, but when analyzing the 13.Be2 sideline I couldn't find a decent answer.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd... Started 09/14/23 at 15:09:07 by PlayerCorres  |
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09/15/23 at 13:06:25 By: FreeRepublic |
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Interesting sicilian line
Hello!
Is there any way to take advantage of the rare move order 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6? If not why is this so rare? 5.Nc3 e6 or 5...d6 6.Be3 Nf6 looks decent 5.c4 and e6... Started 09/06/23 at 19:26:00 by PlayerCorres |
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09/07/23 at 14:34:59 By: Confused_by_Theory |
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Classical Sicilian 6.Be3, dubious or tricky?
Hi,
When learning the Classical Sicilian for Black, the usual advice is "check theory for Bc4 and Bg5 lines (and decide between Kozul or Be7 lines vs Bg5), and find your own solutions against oth... Started 07/08/23 at 11:23:12 by Kerangali |
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07/19/23 at 20:55:01 By: kylemeister |
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New Open Sicilian book
A saw a new book at local Chess store.
The Open Sicilian : An Ambitious White Repertoire for Club by Ivan Saric Looks like its based on a Chessable course. Excerpt says English attack them... Started 05/21/23 at 16:18:02 by bragesjo |
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05/28/23 at 23:22:51 By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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Taimanov-Scheveningen by Semkov
The Taimanov-Scheveningen Hybrid
by Semko Semkov ~250 pages, Chess-Stars, June 2022 This book offers a full repertoire based on the Taimanov move order 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4... Some more text Started 05/10/22 at 07:56:23 by tracke |
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03/16/23 at 17:04:15 By: nestor |
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Theoretical State of the Najdorf-Scheveningen
Very little literature is published (certainly recently) on the Classical Scheveningen (Scheveningen with a Najdorf move order).
I realise that various publications have given Scheveningen positi... Started 01/31/23 at 20:03:28 by najdorfslayer |
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02/02/23 at 09:14:54 By: MartinC |
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King's Kalashnikov
Has anyone with more experience of the opening had a good look at King's new book or his chessable video and got an opinion of them, please?
I'm a big fan of Danny King's previous stuff, he's don... Started 07/08/22 at 16:54:10 by shuda2 |
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01/03/23 at 11:02:22 By: bragesjo |
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The Kveinys Variation by Andrew Martin
I was just browsing the net and saw this, The Kveinys Variation : 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Qb6 by Andrew Martin. It is an older DVD and I tried looking on chesspub for any reviews and did not...
Started 08/04/21 at 12:45:37 by Darthmambo |
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08/04/21 at 13:26:35 By: MartinC |
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The classical sicilian
Hi all,
I been thinking of playing a sicilian and was wonder about the classic sicilian. Actually I always thought it was a kind of Nijdorf but it seems like it is different. I been reading stuff... Started 07/30/21 at 18:25:21 by Mtal |
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08/04/21 at 12:33:09 By: Mtal |
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Pruijssers & Zwirs repertoire for White
ChessBase have released a 3-DVD repertoire for White in the Open Sicilian by GM Roeland Pruijssers and IM Nico Zwirs. A lot of English Attack stuff: it reminds me of Shaw's repertoire for Quality Ches...
Started 06/17/20 at 12:33:40 by Straggler |
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06/12/21 at 23:53:18 By: TopNotch |
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Chesspublishing.com Open Sicilians January
In the last edition the grandmaster Michail Roiz discuss a special idea in the Scheveningen which I asked him to once look at see https://www.chesspublishing.com/content/4/index.htm#sch
On my blo... Started 01/19/21 at 09:46:20 by brabo |
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01/19/21 at 11:32:56 By: brabo |
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B96 Najdorf 10. Nxe6!!
Hi all,
I was about to refresh my najdorf repertoire and put the known moves in and stopped after 9. ...b5, when suddenly SF calculated about 10. Nxe6!! It seems, no GM ever played this mov... Started 01/04/21 at 14:51:15 by gewgaw |
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01/04/21 at 15:48:21 By: Confused_by_Theory |
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Open Sicilian Chessable Course
Hi!
I have no idea if this type of post is considered acceptable or not, so mods please delete if this isn't okay.  Tomorrow Chessable are planning to publish the first volume of a two pa... Started 07/28/20 at 19:34:49 by fjd |
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07/28/20 at 20:46:28 By: fjd |
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Which road to the Sveshnikov ?
We have two ways to reach the Sveshnikov (I am excluding routes via Kalashnikov and maybe Taimanov).
1. The "official" move order for the Sveshnikov. 2. Via the Sicilian 4-knights move order... Started 10/27/19 at 03:11:13 by Bogojump |
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10/28/19 at 18:54:11 By: BadDays |
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Delayed Bb5+ against 2..d6 in Sicilian
So for comparison context first consider the following line of the Chekhover variation of the sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6<... Started 10/14/19 at 06:28:12 by kevinfat |
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10/14/19 at 07:45:19 By: kylemeister |
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How to play Najdorf against passive play
I was playing around with the engine and looking at the following line of the najdorf and had white sit around mostly passive with pawns on e4,f3, rooks on d1,e1. A lot of the moves below consist of w...
Started 10/11/19 at 01:09:32 by kevinfat |
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10/12/19 at 00:33:29 By: halbstark |
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Lowenthal -- Current State
hey All,
What's the current state of Lowenthal? I've decided to make this my new project for tournament play. As a working adult, i just don't have time to compete in memory contests with the ki... Started 09/17/19 at 15:54:52 by FizzySoda |
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09/18/19 at 20:25:57 By: TopNotch |
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