Ali wrote on 06/18/15 at 18:43:57:

I would think that 4...bc has for quite some years been generally viewed as falling into += territory.  I thought 6. Re1 Rb8 seemed interesting when I noticed Robin van Kampen playing it last year.

Yep, finished formatting this chapter and making it look nice a week or so ago, after I fixed a few suggestions from my Editor and Ametanoitos from a while back. 

TonyRo wrote on 02/05/12 at 02:26:19:

I also like 3...Nf6 as suggested in Chess Stars' The Easiest Sicilian. It can lead to positions reminiscent of the Delayed Ruy Lopez Exchange.

the thing about the early g6 is there are a few new lines that I'm not quite fond of that appear, like  a d4 cxd4 Qxd4 line, where as that doesn't appear after 2....Nc6.

3....d6 seems very interesting, I might take a look. Taking by b-pawn I've taken a look at too, but I've had some struggles against it....

mangler wrote on 01/28/12 at 22:08:55:


At the risk of sounding like a pedant, but with the good intention of saving anyone from accidentally buying the wrong book, I thought I'd point out that this chapter appears in Experts On The Anti-Sicilian, rather than Experts vs The Sicilian. 

Yes, if 2...g6, white does have other options. Greet's book is excellent, and has a discussion on the move order choice to bypass the Rossolimo.  

Experts vs Anti-Sicilian has a chapter on the Rossolimo for Black written by Tiger Hillarp Persson, where he recommended 3...d6. The point is to appeal to both 2...Nc6 and 2...d6 players who face 3.Bb5. Might be a good place to start. Other sources would be the recent books by Bologan (The Rossolimo Sicilian) and Jones (How to Beat the Sicilian Defence), although Jones book is a repertoire for White.

Greets book is great but does not contain anything about the Rossolimo.

After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 instead of 4... dxc6 taking with the b-pawn is a way to unbalance the game more. It´s certainly not worse than the more common recapture with the d-pawn.

Unfortunately I´m not aware of a source covering this from Blacks side, only for White

If 2 .. g6 white can also 4 c3 since g6 in morra is considered good for white. But of course black does not have to take at c3. There are also other white options like 4 Qxd4, not shure of it theoriticall status.