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Question: Which sicilian is the most aggressive (for black)


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Dragon 10 (33.3%) Accelerated dragon 0 (0.0%) Najdorf 10 (33.3%) Scheveningen 0 (0.0%) Classical 1 (3.3%) Taimanov 0 (0.0%) Sveshnikov 6 (20.0%) Kalashnikov 0 (0.0%) Kan 2 (6.7%) Other 1 (3.3%) Total votes: 30 « Created by: thibdb13 on: 11/09/07 at 10:14:51 »

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woofwoof God Member Offline chess is like life Posts: 929 Location: Singapore Joined: 07/04/05 Gender:	Re: Aggressive (open) sicilian Reply #3 - 11/12/07 at 06:18:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	exigentsky wrote on 11/11/07 at 20:13:45: LOL, I think he meant UNSOUNDNESS. I took it as barely sound or sound but bordering on unsoundness kinda thing.

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exigentsky Senior Member Offline Q Posts: 402 Joined: 05/14/07	Re: Aggressive (open) sicilian Reply #2 - 11/11/07 at 20:13:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	LOL, I think he meant UNSOUNDNESS. But since he didn't say that, I voted appropriately.


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woofwoof God Member Offline chess is like life Posts: 929 Location: Singapore Joined: 07/04/05 Gender:	Re: Aggressive (open) sicilian Reply #1 - 11/11/07 at 16:09:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	thibdb13 wrote on 11/09/07 at 10:14:51: By aggressive, I mean that black can go for the win from the early phase of the game but with a minimum of soundness. (I like taking risks but I do not need to be on the black side of the Latvian gambit ) I'm guessing that you might like the Najdorf Polugaevsky then?? Very sharp & provocative opening against 6.Bg5 with quite a lot of risk taking too - Sacrificing king safety for initiative & counter-play.

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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Aggressive (open) sicilian 11/09/07 at 10:14:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	A similar question to the one I asked about the Caro-Kann (http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194526551): which sicilian is up to you the most aggressive one. I was allways persuaded the dragon is the "one" but from my own games and what I can read here and either, I must admit that the dragon is very drawish (but with a lot of adrenaline left on the board) By aggressive, I mean that black can go for the win from the early phase of the game but with a minimum of soundness. (I like taking risks but I do not need to be on the black side of the Latvian gambit )

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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