Mythos wrote on 04/19/11 at 20:32:12:


You don't have to intend just one scheme there. 3.Qe2 is more annoying for Black if you adjust the move-order according to his setup. For example switch to the KIA with d3 and often e5 and c4 if Black plays it like a French, play h4 only against an early ...g6, and so on.

TN wrote on 03/30/11 at 09:17:47:


Apparently, Gawain will soon release a dvd on the GP too - check gingergm.com for more info.

Beating Bologan in the Moscow was a good advertisment. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7113

wolfsblut wrote on 03/24/11 at 05:39:57:


I used most of this repertoire a few years back, but shelved it for two reasons: 1) in the KIA vs 2...e6 turning into a French, black can simply not castle or at least delay it until white has given up on an automatic kingside attack. And 2) the Rossolimo with 4.Bxc6 worked well for a while, but since you face the sicilian so incredibly often (especially in online blitz) it's gets really tedious after a while to never having the Tal-bishop to attack with and never enjoying the bishop pair...

So, I'd rather seen a book with many different recipes which one can choose from according to mood and situation. 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3, 2.Nf3 & 3.Nc3 2.Nc3 & 3.f4 2.f4, 2.Nc3, 2.a3 and so on, there are a lot of lines to choose from - and since the black player never knows everything it's usually more effective to play the player instead of playing the theoretical mainline - over the board at least...

TalJechin wrote on 03/08/11 at 08:51:41:


Hi,
oh yes, my prayers are answered! ... and 352(!) pages- I´am really looking forward to that one!
greetings!
wolfsblut

wolfsblut wrote on 10/09/07 at 15:33:52:


Seems they've answered your prayers: http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/How_to_Beat_the_Sicilian_Defence%3A_An_...

Though yet another book recommending the KIA vs 2...e6 sounds more like How to bore the Sicilianites but maybe that's the first step towards beating them?!

I always hated most of the anti-sicilians. On internet I tried the anti-sicilians based on the section of Ftacnik in GM rep 6.

My experiences:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.c4 it seems for me in practice that black has almost zero winning chances while white can pull a little bit for a long time. I consider to play 3...Nd7 in future.

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ld3 g6 maybe I don't have the right feeling for the positions but my feeling is that white has a space advantage and his play is easier. I think I go back to my old reportoire with 2...Nf6

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 I used to play the grandprix with 2...Nc6 and g6, e6, Nge7 and d5 which gave me always easy play.
My experience is that this is messy. Sometimes it's ok for black and sometimes I get less grip on the white position.

The 4.Qxd4 variation was exellent covered in the book and gave me nice play.

I think that if someone masters the typical plans, ideas and structures of some anti-sicilian systems that he/she can't objectively count on an advantage but in practice has some weapons to pose a lot of problems.