they (the Anti's) are of worth, just not rich enough, so I agree that maybe: 

"all Anti's worth <= Open Sic worth"

I'm full of axioms these days..  

there is more to the Sicilian than the open.. 

I really agree with MNb here. There's no reason to choose anything but the Open Sicilian in Correspondence, and it's really the only road to scoring points with White. OTB, I don't really like to see Anti-Sicilians, since I concentrate most of my efforts studying the Open lines, since they're way more dangerous. In CC, I want you to play the Closed, Bb5(+), GPA every time. I also want you to play lame variations of the Open that aren't considered dangerous. What I don't want at all is for you to play all the newest, most dangerous moves and force me to sweat out White's dangerous initiative for 30 moves, trying not to get my head ripped off! There's a reason that the Open is played by the world's strongest OTB and CC players - it's the best way to play for an actual advantage! You're not going to whamboozle me in a CC game when I can look at my 6 million games and use my 5 engines to try to make you look silly. 

Then you also have to consider 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Nc6!? which can get very sharp.

bckm wrote on 06/11/09 at 21:12:26:

Thank you for this very interesting comment, this really helped me to understand chess more and helped me building my repetoire. 
You can also avoid svesh then by making it closed (3.Nc3, g3 etc)
I think 2.Ne2 is more flexible if you like to play an anti-sic. But you might also have to think about 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5

Thanks MNb! I could never have found out those move orders myself. I'm looking forward to investigate this.
I'll look into the Kopec system as well.


Edit:

If I want to reach as many Scheveningens as possible (because I want to add the Scheveningen to my repertoire as black), would 2. Ne2 and 3. Nc3 be a better move order (in order to be able to play 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4)?

Also, why do sicilian players play (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+) Bd7, if it is supposed to be so drawish? I just wonder if it's in line with the playing style one might expect from someone who plays sicilian.

And I'm still curious about (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6) 3. Bc4

MNB ok the Kopec system isn't perfect!!  Your move orders are very interesting.  Where did you come up with them and is there some reading material on them??
thanks,
Zatara
 
PS MNB   I always enjoy your posts

Hi Sim,
You may find a friend in the 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 whatever move then 3.c3 and then 4. Bd3 or 4.h3 and then 5.Bd3.  This is known as the Kopec System.  you can order a good video of his on www.kopecchess.com all about his system!!  So unless you are facing IM's or higher this should take care of the Sicilian.  Oh yeah in a simul I think Kasparov played this way also GM Bauer has joined the kopec team.  And of course the games of Danny Kopec should be played through.  Let me know if this helped.
Enjoy the Kopec System,
Zatara