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Najdorf
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Najdorf Defence [B90-B99]
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In: Re: Santos' White Reperto...
By: kylemeister
Sveshnikov
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Sveshnikov/Pelikan, Kalashnikov, Lowenthal & Grivas Sicilian [B32-33]
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100 854 Last Post 08/19/25 at 00:02:14
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By: FreeRepublic
Paulsen
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Paulsen/Kan, Taimanov, Four Knights [B40-49]
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132 1692 Last Post 01/17/25 at 21:27:50
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By: FreeRepublic
Classical
Classical  (1 Viewing)
Richter-Rauzer [B60-69], Classical Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation & Sozin Benko [B56-59]
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65 756 Last Post 03/26/26 at 14:24:54
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By: FreeRepublic
Scheveningen
Scheveningen
Scheveningen, inc. Keres Attack, Perenyi, Sozin Velimirovic Attack [B80-89]
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46 732 Last Post 08/10/25 at 09:28:25
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By: MartinC
Open Sicilians Open Sicilians
Najdorf, Sveshnikov, Kan & others [B32-33, B40-49, B54-69 & B80-99] with GM Michael Roiz
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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
6 2710 Last Post 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
6 1254 Last Post 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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By: kylemeister
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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
5 2138 Last Post 09/07/23 at 14:34:59
By: Confused_by_Theory
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Wanting to learn thr Najdorf, where to start?
Hi all,
So I been wanting to add a sicilian to my rep and thr Najdorf looks pretty interesting. Any reconmendations on any books or videos I can start with? Thanks.

Started 08/20/23 at 22:53:16 by Mtal
4 1427 Last Post 08/21/23 at 14:16:52
By: an ordinary chessplayer
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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
7 2965 Last Post 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
8 4265 Last Post 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
9 6746 Last Post 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
4 2467 Last Post 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
5 3570 Last Post 01/03/23 at 11:02:22
By: bragesjo
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Question re "In Fischer's Footsteps" in CBM 209
I believe this is an article about 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 in the Najdorf, by GM Yago Santiago.  I wonder if someone who has it would like to say something about the contents, such as what variation(s) it ad...

Started 10/06/22 at 22:10:26 by kylemeister
0 940 Last Post 10/06/22 at 22:10:26
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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
1 2179 Last Post 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
3 2576 Last Post 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
7 4666 Last Post 06/12/21 at 23:53:18
By: TopNotch
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Beating the Sicilian by Hacker
Opening Repertoire - Beating the Sicilian
by Jonas Hacker
Everyman ; 304 pages ; £19 $28 €25 (?)
September/October 2020
In this book, German FIDE master Jonas Hacker provides a compl...
https://everymanch

Started 08/02/20 at 11:29:33 by tracke
8 6332 Last Post 02/09/21 at 14:40:57
By: bragesjo
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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
4 2624 Last Post 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
1 1940 Last Post 01/04/21 at 15:48:21
By: Confused_by_Theory
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Sicilian with 4.Qxd4
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Qxd4 - anybody here play this for White?  If so, what responses do you typically run across, how do you fare with this line, and is it suitable for a mainline weapon against...

Started 06/24/03 at 00:50:48 by bckm
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By: bragesjo
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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
3 4325 Last Post 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
1 2390 Last Post 10/14/19 at 07:45:19
By: kylemeister
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