A logical try seems what was played in the following game, where Black was totally fine out of the opening. We can transpose to it with 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6, and to be honest i could never figure out why most people spurned this transposition. 



Believe it or not, 6...Nc6 7.Be2 Nd4 is a good line as well, with the point that the knight is still safe on d4 when White cannot play Ne2 after Nxd4 cxd4.

nestor wrote on 06/14/16 at 07:00:45:

*Thumbs up*

If you play 2...Nc6 and you are looking for one book, you could seriously consider The Killer Sicilian by TonyRo even if you don't play the Kalashnikov as it has 190 pages on the Anti-Sicilians. He goes with 3...Nf6 against the Rossolimo.

I've got Kotronias's book as well, but some of his recommendations are too difficult for a 2000ish player like me, and I use Tony's book as my main source.

Closed Sicilian is simple, pick your system, understand the middlegame plans, and away you go. You might also go for the Closed Sicilian setup with colours reversed with 1.c4 e5 if you really like the positions.

Against the Alapin, I think the 2...d5 systems with ...Nc6/...Bf5 are a good choice, they also fit in with 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5. Otherwise the ...Nf6 systems are nothing for White, as long as you pick the right systems and move orders from there.

3...e6 seems to be best against the Rossolimo, it was the one line where Van Kampen couldn't really show anything in his videos.

I assume he means that it's difficult to play because 2.Nf3 and 3.d4 are becoming more and more rare.

Not sure about a single book. The latest one is Kotronias, but in general I'd say ChessPublishing is the best single source for the Anti-Sicilians period.