Jones, How to beat the Sicilian Defense

The Sicilian Defence is by far the most popular chess opening. If you play 1 e4 as White, on average you are likely to meet the Sicilian in virtually every other game! You need to be prepared to face the Sicilian at all times, and a ready-to-use repertoire against it is an indispensible weapon.

In this book, Gawain Jones confronts the challenge of meeting the Sicilian head on. He has constructed a comprehensive Anti-Sicilian repertoire for White, which is based on lines that are successfully employed at grandmaster level. These are sound, reliable options for White, but don t be fooled they also contain more than a drop of poison. Variations covered include the popular King s Indian Attack, various Bb5 systems and weapons against Black s offbeat tries.

A Grandmaster's repertoire against the Sicilian
Packed with new ideas and critical analysis
Highlights key tactical and positional ideas


Contents

Bibliography

Introduction

1) Moscow Variation: 3...Nd7
2) Moscow Variation: 3...Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Qxd7
3) Moscow Variation: 3...Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Nxd7
4) The Hybrid Variation
5) Rossolimo Variation: 3...g6 4 Bxc6 bxc6
6) Rossolimo Variation: 3...g6 4 Bxc6 dxc6
7) Rossolimo Variation: 3...e6
8) Rossolimo Variation: Other Third Moves for Black
9) King's Indian Attack with ...d5
10) King's Indian Attack without ...d5
11) Other Second Moves for Black

Index of Variations

Index of Complete Games