PANFR wrote on 07/20/12 at 07:34:04:


I also fail to understand why you should specifically want to avoid ...e6. By the time White's played d4 and c3 and you've captured on d4 and played ... Nf6, you're not in an Open Sicilian, so it really doesn't matter whether you play the Kan or the Najdorf as neither of them is now going to appear on the board. If you're worried about the move order 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6, as mentioned by PANFR above, then Rogozenko does cover that in his book which I referred to in my previous post. Raetsky's book, as mentioned by Straggler, covers the lines you seem to want to play, but will not cover the lines specific to the 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 move order as Raetsky's repertoire is based around 2...Nc6.

gramsci wrote on 07/19/12 at 19:11:05:

Rogozenko does give a line with an early ...e6, but his main recommendation involves ...d6 without ...e6. 

Raetsky also recommends lines without an early ...e6 in his "Meeting 1.e4", though he advises acceptance of the Morra rather than transposing into those lines. Since the centre of his repertoire is the Four Knights, which you can equally reach via 2.Nf3 e6 (avoiding 3.Bb5), I suspect that he recommends 2.Nf3 Nc6 because he doesn't like 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3.

Seeley wrote on 07/19/12 at 17:33:38:

But both Rogozenko and Aagaard's works cover 3...Nf6 Alapin with e6 which it's not my cup of tea (I play the Najdorf not the Kan). I'm more interested in declining the Morra through the 3...Nf6 Alapin with d6 & Nc6 without e6.

Even these days one can look at general sources (like e.g. Chess Publishing) and decide on what to play ...

MNb wrote on 06/29/12 at 12:01:30:



Thanks, MNb! 

MNB, don't go!  Don't let one (or more!) children, who were brought up wrong, take you away from us.  For ten years, you've been my favorite.  I've learned more from you than ANYONE.  I became a master while reading your advice (including the Morra!) the last six years.

Please reconsider.

MNb wrote on 06/29/12 at 12:01:30:

Sorry tou got offended. Less work = better in my vocabulary. Anyway I agree with you. Goodbye!
Ps: @ PANFR White has less options and black has less options. In the Nf6 line this may be more of an advantage for Black (though d4 still is 3 times more common than non-d4 lines) , but that's not the only reply for Black in the ...d5 line ...cxd4 is not popular in the Alapin move-order.