Here is a line that I'm considering from the Black side vs. the Alapin. I've also considered it from the White side against the accelerated Dragon.
Alapin
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. ed5 Qd5 4. d4 ...

In the line: 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3
What should be played here? I checked my database and found out that most people play 7...d5 here. However, th...

Anyone have an experience from the Black side of this:

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3
He...

I'm seeking any possible existing analysis for an ongoing no-engines correspondence game I have where according to chessbase my opponent has just innovated with 6...b6 (a more standard move would have...

Hello all, 
I've decided to follow the recommendation in Safest Sicilian and have started playing 2..Nf6, but I've run into a problem in the lines where White plays an early Bc4.
After the s...

I play the c3 Sicilian and almost never see the line 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4.
It tends to get marked as dubious in most of the literature and has never been covered by a...

In his December update, John Shaw presented an excellent idea of Martyn Goodger's: 1 e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 3 e5 Nd5 4 Nf3 e6 5 d4 cxd4 6 cxd4 d6 7 Bc4 Nc6 8 0-0 Be7 9 a3 0-0 10 Re1 Bd7 11 Bd2!? Rc8 12 Nc3 Nx...

In a recent tournament I came across the line:
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bf5!?
Now none of White's usual options seem to really impress:
A) 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bxb1 8.Rxb...

Hi,
I´m playing the Sicilian Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3) for over 20 years and I want to combine it now with the Morra Gambit after reading “Mayhem in the Morra” by Marc Esserman. The only thing I am n...

Some weeks ago I read about this books on the NiC-page: A two volume work by Sveshnikov on the c3-sicilian. Today I've tried to find it again on the NiC-site. But it seems to have been removed. 
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