KIA valid versus e6 (hence french also) of course but lacks any bite versus Nc6 or d6, as previously mentioned in this thread. 

Can perhaps use KIA to counter e6 stuff, or Bb5 stuff / Kopec Bd3  to counter d6 stuff while learning some systems and go the whole Open sicilian hog later. Learning everything at once quite a challenge, though perhaps dependent on age/ level / previous experience (you played open sicilian before?)

btw - agree with above - dont overdo g3 systems. No bad against Najdorf, particularly with nb3 rather than Nde2 (as Black Widow mentions above) 
Against Dragon -big no no. Against all other stuff, not bad at all. Davies book is reasonable - worth a look.


Perhaps even consider playing 2 g3. Underrated, few know it properly, even highly rated beings. Noone seems to play ...d5, which the books give, they just treat it as a closed. Pity the ...d5 lines can be fun for white as black needs to play carefully.
Some stuff in palliser's closed Sicilian book on this. A good text btw. The only good one on the closed.

Bibs wrote on 06/13/07 at 15:32:21:

Maybe get experts against the sicilian? Sounds like the lines Golubev suggests.

blueguitar: seems a very sensible approach. For non-professionals and those who have little time to study (job/wife/kids) as the case with many of us here I guess, appears very reasonable. 
have you had a look at Chris Baker's oldish book btw? an English IM. Something like 'Startling repertoire for white'. Also perhaps at kenilworthian blog, jeremysilman.com - joel benjamin articles. Food for anti-sic thought.
Yes- agree, KIA nothing against d6. Perhaps you could also consider moro-style with Nf3 Qe2 against e6 too.

DRAGON
Just a thought - most seem to be suggesting 000 v dragon. 
So...
Perhaps interested parties may make a collaborative effort toward putting a repertoire together, either here or dragon section. 
perhaps here as dragon section more for dragon defenders?
material can be cut and pasted from elsewhere (previous threads) as suitable but dont think an actual repertoire has yet been put together. I may well be wrong and if so apologies for repetition and wasting anyone's reading time.

Sections: 
1) ...Nd4  10 Bd4 Be6 11kb1
2) ...Bd7 (seems in trouble? less played nowadays?) 10 g4 ne5 11 kb1 rc8 etc
3) ...d5 (presumably : 10 ed, nd5, 11 nc6 bc 12 Bd4 e5, 13 Bc5 Be6 14 Ne4 etc) as in Adams-Rocha.

Just the outline there.

Have just about the whole dragon library here, so references to all main works fine with me.

Ideas? Please quote and expand the above if interested. If interest shown, can do some more myself later after a nasty work deadline has passed.


regards
Bibs

parisestmagique wrote on 06/13/07 at 07:33:02:

Emms (in Starting Out: KIA) thinks the KIA setup (2 Nf3, 3 d3, 4 Nbd2, 5 g3, 6 Bg2, 7 O-O) is more effective against 2...e6, as in most of those lines Black would have preferred his pawn on e5 - or even e7. He believes it's much less effective against 2...Nc6 and 2...d6.

Since I don't make money playing chess and don't have gobs of time...I tried to pick and choose which Open lines I should study. Here's what I came up with:

• 2...e6 and now KIA
• 2...Nc6 and now Rossolimo (one of the strongest anti-Sicilians and reasonably thematic to play as White)
• 2...d6 and I didn't like any of the anti-Sicilian options so now I play the main lines. English Attack vs Najdorf and Scheveningen (I play it as Black, so it's not too much more to study), Yugoslav with 9 O-O-O vs Dragon (less theory than 9 Bc4, avoids the Chinese and Soltis, maybe even objectively best), Richter-Rauzer vs the Classical.

This is basically three main lines (Najdorf/Schev, Dragon, Classical) and two less theoretical, but still dangerous, anti-Sicilians. For my needs, it's the best bang-for-buck I could find. When I have time, I'll learn the Keres proper vs. the Scheveningen...but for now, Black almost always includes an early ...a6 which are all lines I need to know vs. Najdorf...and most Schevy players use the Najdorf move order anyways.

P.S. The good thing about the English Attack and Yugoslav is that, while both are theoretical, both are also "common sense" attacking ideas (opposite wing attacks) and so if I forget the theory, I still have a good idea of what my plan is and can make reasonable moves towards that goal. If I ever get to the level where opening theory is the deciding factor (not for a while, at least), then I'll have an advantage because of all my practical experience with the lines and a jump-start on the learning curve.

I think it depends of the time you have to study and of your ambition. With a lot of time and good memory i think the best are the main lines : for exemple 9.000 against the Dragon, Be3 against the Najdorf etc. But you can also choose a KID system with e4,d3,g3. Less ambitious but interesting too.chesscheese wrote on 06/04/07 at 14:03:32:

Kotronias-Carlsson 0-1:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Qc1 (15. Ra2 e6 16. Ndf4 Qc7 17. b3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Nd3 {
I do not know if white has an advantage, but I prefer white here.}) 15... Re8
16. Rd1 e6 17. Ndf4 Qc7 18. Ra2 Nf6 19. c4 {Interesting move.} b3 20. Ra3 Nd7
21. Nc3 Nce5 22. Rd4 $2 {
This looks like the mistake, which ruins white position.} (22. Nb5 Qxc4 23.
Nxd6 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 $16 {And black is under heavy pressure.}) 22... Nxc4 23.
Ncd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 {The final mistake.} (25. Nxc7 Bxb2 26. Qxc4
Bxa3) 25... Qc6 26. Qh6 Nce5 27. Kh2 Qc2 28. Qg5 Bb7 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Qf4 Ne6 

So although Kotronias received a beating, I do not think it was the opening.

Still (I cant edit my post for some reason) I dont think 6.g3 is bad against the dragon. But if you decide on this move against most sicilians you should get "taming the sicilian" which follows a g3-repertoire and has decent reviews.