Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
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  • Ideas vs memory!
  • An excellent FIRST book on the Sicilian
  • A good intro to one of the major variations of today
  • An excellent introduction to the Sicilian Defence
  • From the basics to advanced chess theory and examples
Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
John Emms
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ASIN: 1857442490

Book Description

The Sicilian Defense is perhaps the most famous opening in the history of chess, and it is certainly the most popular at every level. From the first move Black claims his share in the center and constructs an asymmetrical pawn structure. Its greatest attraction is that it allows Black to unbalance the position and play for a win, without having to take any unjustified risks. The many variations of the Sicilian range from the super-solid Scheveningen to the dangerous and ultra-sharp Dragon, so it should be easy to find one that suits your style. In this user-friendly book, Grandmaster John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian Defense in its numerous different guises. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. (6 3/4 x 9 3/4, 176 pages, diagrams)

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5 out of 5 stars Ideas vs memory!.......2006-08-07

When playing chess i dont do a great amount of calculating posibles moves by the other player, instead i try to apply Nimzowiths ideas and then try to make a plan using the basic concepts of his book "My System".
My chess openings are simple and i never go in depth when i use a book opening and for players like me this book is "made in heaven" because of the ideas and the way it teaches you different sicilian variations. The sicilian is a favorite opening and getting the ideas in the way this book does will help you a lot. So if you are a beginer first go to Niwzowitsch and then come to this book and you will see serious results in your game. Enjoy!!!

4 out of 5 stars An excellent FIRST book on the Sicilian.......2005-10-21

I have an ELO rating of 1300, and I decided it is time to begin to work on my openings. This is a great book to start out playing the Sicilian Defence, the most popular black opening in the history of the game of chess. This book gives a clear view on all the major variations of the Sicilian, both the main lines and the anti-sicilians. However, this book, although an excellent introduction, will hardly get you ready for tournament play. I used this book to determine which variations I liked and to decide what to further research. Once you buy this book, you will require books on specific variations of the Sicilian to really get you ready for tournament play. It is impossible to cram all the information available on the Sicilian into a 190 page book. In short, if you already have Sicilian experience, you may want another book, but this is the best book on the market for beginners.

4 out of 5 stars A good intro to one of the major variations of today.......2005-07-25

Starting Out: The Sicilian is a book aiming to give you a general run-down of the Sicilian, it's major variations and positions. The author has played the Sicilian from both sides and thus this book is quite un-biased. You won't be able to start playing the Sicilian after reading this book, but it helps you decide a variation you like, such as the Classical, when then you can find more specialised works. Otherwise, such as in my case, this book can help players against the Sicilian to find a weapon they like to battle the major variations. A good intro to the Sicilian.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to the Sicilian Defence.......2005-02-12

John Emms is a fine author and I think this is a great book.

Suppose you are a novice at chess tournaments. One of the most enjoyable openings you can play is the White side of an Open Sicilian (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3, followed by 3 d4). The strategic ideas are clear and there are plenty of grandmaster games to use as examples. Your pawns fly down the board to open lines. And your challenge is to find the most efficient squares for your pieces. Some people want to avoid the Open Sicilian on the grounds that the lines are too complex. Don't be one of them! I think the lines are far tougher for Black than they are for White.

Emms starts by reminding us that if you play 1 e4, you'll see 1...c5 half the time.

There is one little problem with 2 Nf3 and 3 d4 of course. You just gave away your d-pawn for Black's c-pawn. As Emms warns us, if you don't play aggressively, you should lose.

This book should give you an idea of which lines you'll feel comfortable with as White.

The first system we see is the Dragon. Emms introduces the Yugoslav attack, the Classical Variation, the Levenfish attack, and 6 g3 (personally, I think that unless you play the Yugoslav or the Levenfish, you might as well not play an Open Sicilian). In the Yugoslav, as Fischer said and as Emms reminds us, you pry open the h-file (with your h-pawn) and then "sac, sac, mate!" And, of course, you trade your trashy queen bishop for Black's gorgeous Dragon Bishop. In the Yugoslav, Emms shows us 9 Bc4 and 0-0-0. You may also want to investigate 9 g4. I also like the Levenfish, which is very easy for White and very tricky for Black. In it, you blast away at Black's position with 7 e5.

The next chapter is on the Najdorf. What do you do with your Queen Bishop now? Emms shows us two popular ideas. In the Main Line (6 Bg5), that Bishop just gets in your way, so you save time by exchanging it for the Black Knight on f6. In this line, Emms covers 10 g4, but you may want to look at 10 Bd3 as well. The other option is 6 Be3, with the idea of an eventual Qd2. Before you decide to try this, play over the game Emms shows where Black plays 6...Ng4.

Chapter 3 is the Scheveningen, where you have several good choices: 6 g4 (the Keres attack), 6 Be3 (the English attack) and 6 Bc4 (the Fischer attack). I happen to prefer the latter, because I think it gives me the best chance of finding something useful for my Queen Bishop to do.

Next is the Sveshnikov. Here, Emms gives us the choice of 9 Bxf6 or 9 Nd5. 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nd5 f5 is why I do not play the Sveshnikov for Black. I think 11 Bxb5 and even 11 Nxb5 are very dangerous for Black. But no matter what White plays, Emms explains that she has to figure out what to do about her pathetic horse on a3.

After that, the author introduces us to the Richter-Rauzer attack and the Sozin and Velimirovic attacks against the Classical Sicilian. The Velimirovic attack is especially fun to play for White. You castle queenside, play Rhg1, g4, g5, and mate Black with your major pieces.

That leaves us with five other Open Sicilians (Emms does not show us the O'Kelly variation, namely 2...a6, so just learn 3 c3 against it). They are the Taimanov (where 5 Nb5 is the most interesting), the Accelerated Dragon (where White's Queen Bishop is so classy that she may not even want to trade it for Black's dragon bishop), the Four Knights Sicilian (not popular for Black due to her isolated queen pawn), the Kan, and the Kalashnikov.

The Kan gives both sides great flexibility. This is an excellent choice for Black against a novice, as the best lines for White are slow and positional. If you are White, you simply have to learn how to play the Maroczy Bind against it.

The Kalashnikov is the only Sicilian system that I am willing to play as Black. Emms shows that both sides have plenty of options. Play is more positional than tactical. Again, White should play c4 with a Maroczy Bind, to prevent d5 by Black. And now it is Black who is trying to trade her worthless king bishop for White's Queen Bishop!

For those who want to play the Sicilian with Black (or who want to avoid 3 d4 with White), Emms concludes with the four best White alternatives: 3 Bb5, 2 c3, 2 Nc3, and 2 d4. By the way, I've actually seen people get into these via 1 Nc3 c5 2 e4 and even 1 c3? c5 2 e4.

I recommend this book. If you don't yet play the Open Sicilian with White, this book ought to add at least 100 points to your rating.

5 out of 5 stars From the basics to advanced chess theory and examples.......2004-02-07

Expertly written by a renowned chess Grandmaster John Emms, Starting Out: The Sicilian is an instructively accessible guide to the art of the Sicilian defense. From the basics to advanced chess theory and examples, Starting Out: The Sicilian is illustrated with diagrams, move-by-move observations and insightful commentary, Starting Out: The Sicilian is an excellent and strongly recommended resource for any and all serious chess players seeking to better understand and improve at this popular pastime.
Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
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  • An excellent introduction to the Najdorf Variation
Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
Richard Palliser
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ASIN: 1857443926

Book Description

Grandmaster Joe Gallagher studies the Sicilian Najdorf in a simplistic way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that has sometimes been neglected or taken for granted.

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2 out of 5 stars Disappointed.......2007-03-20

I was disappointed in this book. It was confusing in that the author tries to juggle too many lines of analysis at the same time. The lines that I could follow were helpful, but it read like a book whose pages had gotten mixed up and they couldn't remember what order to put them back in. Especially for a beginning player, this book will be confusing. It follows only one variation (Karpov's Be2 line for white) of the Najdorf. I was mislead by the content description to think that most variations would be covered to some extent. It was hard to finish.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to the Najdorf Variation.......2006-07-27

Richard Palliser is to be congratulated on this excellent introductory book on the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense, one of the more popular chess openings. It starts as follows: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6.

Many chess champions have played the Najdorf for Black. Does that mean that you ought to do so as well? Many people would say yes. I wouldn't. The reason that these great champions play it is that they want to win with Black against strong masters or even grandmasters. But suppose you are playing someone who is noticeably weaker than you? You may well have simply evened the odds against someone you would normally beat, even with Black.

I feel that the problem is that White will play an aggressive system, where one Black error means curtains. Not just a good position that White could have or should have won, but a position that Black has to resign. White can be rated much lower than Black and still be very well booked on a dangerous attack. Black will need to defend carefully. If Black forgets the proper defense, that's not good at all. Worse, it's probably going to be White, not Black, who comes up with a TN (theoretical novelty). White simply has too many options for this not to be the case. And White can spend a while doing home analysis before the game with the aid of a computer. Yes, White is more likely to come up with a surprise than Black. And not knowing White's line, Black is going to have trouble saving the game.

The book begins with a chapter on 6 Be2 for White. This has been a favorite of a World Champion, Anatoly Karpov. Karpov has had a tendency to slowly outplay most of his opponents, and 6 Be2 is a fine move for him. I do not recommend it for the rest of us. Next, we get to the most popular line, 6 Be3. That is a good line, but I don't recommend it for White either. For one thing, I feel rather strongly that putting that Bishop on e3 is generally a strategic error in the Sicilian. It always seems to get hit with moves such as Ng4 by Black at the most inconvenient times. By the way, 6...Ng4 is a pretty good answer to 6 Be3, as the author spends over 30 pages pointing out.

The next White idea is 6 Bc4, Bobby Fischer's favorite line. It's not bad, although it is not my favorite move. The author also discusses a couple of minor lines, such as 6 f4 and 6 g3. But they aren't major threats to Black's setup.

No, the move that I think puts Black in the gravest danger of losing rating points to a supposedly vastly inferior player is 6 Bg5. That is what I recommend, and Palliser spends enough time on this move to get his readers acquainted with the main ideas.

The main line that I think makes the most sense for White is 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 O-O-O Nbd7 10 Bd3 b5 11 Rhe1 Bb7 12 Qg3 b4 13 Nd5 exd5 14 exd5 Kd8 15 Nc6+. Not only is Black likely to get in trouble in this line, there are all sorts of alternative lines for White along the way. Palliser shows us a good game in this variation.

As the author explains, a complicated alternative line for Black is 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6, the infamous "Poisoned Pawn" variation. Palliser shows us a little about the continuation 8 Qd2 Qxb2 9 Rb1 (as the author says, 9 Nb3 is also a good try) 9...Qa3 in this book. He recommends 10 f5 here, which is a good line, although I happen to prefer 10 Be2 Be7 11 e5. Another popular choice for Black is 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 b5, the Polugaevsky variation. That's risky. The author shows us how Peter Leko plays against this with White, and I recommend looking at his lines here.

In my very first tournament chess game against a Master, I played White against the Najdorf. I think my game shows some of the resources for both sides in this interesting defence:

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 (My opponent was well aware that the White side of the Najdorf was my specialty, and that playing 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 here would simply be asking for trouble.) 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Bc4 (Black has avoided my favorite line against the Najdorf and can now play a6 with confidence.) 6...a6 7 Qe2 b5 8 Bb3 Be7 (As Palliser explains, this aggressive system for White simply gives Black a good game. Now 9 Be3 is recommended for White, but as I explained earlier, I had no intention of playing that move.) 9 Rg1 (My opponent did not even seem surprised.) 9...O-O 10 g4 b4 11 g5 bxc3 12 gxf6 (This gives Black a chance to lose at once, as 12...Qa5? 13 Rxg7+ wins for White.) 12...Bxf6 13 bxc3 Qc7 14 Qf3 Kh8 15 Bh6 (Realizing that I had been outplayed, I was hoping that Black would try to defend with 15...Rg8, as I was planning 16 Qxf6! gxf6 17 Rxg8+ Kxg8 18 Kd2, with a draw. Unfortunately, I had overlooked 15...Be5, which gives Black an excellent game as 16 Rg5 gets splattered by 16...Nd7. Against 15...Be5, I would have had to try 16 Bg5, but Black would probably have won after that. Anyway, instead of any of this, something ridiculous happened.) 15...Nd7?? 16 Qxf6 Qxc3+ 17 Ke2 gxf6 18 Bg7+ Black Resigns.

I highly recommend this book.
CD Starting Out: The Sicilian Dragon (Starting Out)
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    Andrew Martin
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    Starting Out: Closed Sicilian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
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    • An in-depth guide for intermediate to advanced chess players
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    5 out of 5 stars An in-depth guide for intermediate to advanced chess players.......2006-08-09

    English International master Richard Palliser presents Starting Out: Closed Sicilian, an in-depth guide for intermediate to advanced chess players. Staring Out: Closed Sicilian offers the white- piece chess player an aggressive way to attack the Sicilian while avoiding the extreme complexity of opening theory associated with Open Sicilians. Being aware of core themes is more important than memorizing variations in the Closed Sicilian, making it valuable to players who prefer to immerse themselves in the experience of the game rather than rely heavily on rote study. Examples and sample chess problems, and illustrative chess diagrams on almost every page offer highly descriptive case-based breakdown of theory and execution. Starting Out: Closed Sicilian lives up to the high quality and exacting professional standards of in-depth chess guides from Everyman Chess.
    Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • Good But Not Quite Complete
    • Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
    • Forget about this book
    • A good book about an exciting Black defence to 1 e4
    Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)
    Andrew Martin
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    4 out of 5 stars Good But Not Quite Complete.......2006-09-21

    As an introduction to the Dragon with 2. ... d6 this book does very well, presenting material in the form of complete games with analysis. This is very important to us class level players so we can see what kind of middle game positions arise and how they are played.

    The book covers variations of the Yugoslav Attack quite nicely, giving ideas for both sides, again with full games to illustrate the principles. The Levenfish Attack is also covered sufficiently.

    So what's missing? While it might be asking too much, there is nothing at all on the Accelerated Dragon. Remember, this is a "Starting Out" book --- and at the class level starting out with the "normal" Dragon (with 2. ... d6) is anything but easy --- many teachers suggest the Accelerated Dragon as an option to avoid all the complex theory of the Yugoslav.

    I realize the book can only be a certain length. But it leaves out an important option. One star off for that, but the full four stars for the quality and understandability of the material presented.

    4 out of 5 stars Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon (Starting Out - Everyman Chess).......2006-03-16

    A good book to begin your exporation toward Master play in the Sicilian Dragon. This book should be supported by another book on the Sicilian Dragon that covers your favorite Sicilian Dragon Varation in greater detail once you begin playing it.

    1 out of 5 stars Forget about this book.......2005-12-09

    Can't understand anything in this book. It's too confusing and the analysis is horrible. Stay away from all Andrew Martin stuff.

    4 out of 5 stars A good book about an exciting Black defence to 1 e4.......2005-12-09

    This is a fine chess book about the Dragon, a variation of the Sicilian defence in which Black puts his King Bishop (the glorious "Dragon Bishop") on g7, where it exerts pressure on White's Queenside. The opening moves are 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6, after which White has several choices.

    One idea is 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 Nc6 8 Qd2 0-0. This is the well-known and highly analyzed Yugoslav Attack. As Martin explains, White then castles long with the intention of playing h4 and h5, to open the rook file. White may also play Bc4. White generally wants to get rid of that Dragon Bishop (say, with Bh6) and to get the Queen into the attack (say, with Qh6), get rid of Black's defending Knight on f6 (usually via Nd5) and mate Black on h7. Martin starts us right out with a very famous Dragon game, in which then fifteen year old Bobby Fischer (with White) defeated Bent Larsen in the 1958 Portoroz Interzonal. That game reached the Yugoslav Attack position after eight moves and continued 9 Bc4 Nxd4 10 Bxd4 Be6 11 Bb3 Qa5 12 0-0-0 b5 13 Kb1 b4 14 Nd5 (as Martin mentions, the Knight was heading here anyway) 14...Bxd5 15 Bxd5 Rac8 16 Bb3

    At this point, Fischer, in his "60 Memorable Games" commented that Larsen was not going to get another chance to grab the Bishop! Martin agrees that Larsen ought to have taken it. It is clear that White has a big advantage now. And Fischer says here that he "felt the game was in the bag if I didn't botch it. I'd won dozens of skittles games in analogous positions and had it down to a science: pry open the KR file, sac, sac, mate!" I certainly can understand why Fischer said that!

    However, Martin makes a mistake here that costs him a star from me. He puts Fischer's quote not after White's 16th move, but after Black's 5th move, as if Fischer thought the entire Dragon were busted! And he tosses in the absurd comment that "today, even Fischer would find life a great deal more complicated against a Dragon specialist." I suspect Martin is wrong about that! Would he really like to defend Black's position at move 16 against someone of Fischer's strength?

    Anyway, Martin shows us how Fischer then won this very instructive game.

    The author has some good chapters on the Yugoslav. He thinks 9 0-0-0 is the most dangerous move for White (I agree), and advises Black to avoid it (with 7 f3 Nc6 8 Qd2 Bd7). We also see Karpov's favorite, 9 g4. Black needs to defend very accurately here, but Martin gives some good advice on how to do so. Of course, if you take Martin's earlier advice and play 8...Bd7, you won't get into this position in the first place. Martin then has over 50 pages on 9 Bc4. His recommendation for Black is to try the "Chinese Dragon" (9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rb8). The idea of this rook move is to support ...b5.

    After that, there is a chapter on the Classical Variation, with 6 Be2, and then an excellent one on 6 Bc4. Martin also gives some other tries for White at move 6, including 6 g3. There is also an entire chapter on 6 f4. This is the Levenfish, and it's what I play, both because I like it and because I do not like to put my Bishop on e3. While Black ought to be fine in this line, Martin shows that White's threat of e5 gives her some excellent practical chances, especially against the right opponent at the right time.

    Here is a game I played with White against the Dragon against a Candidate Master when I was a very weak player myself.

    1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 f4 Nc6 7 Bb5 (as Martin says, this is Botvinnik's move) 7...Bd7 (this is all Martin gives for Black, but this line is trappy and I think he should have given more advice here) 8 Bxc6 bxc6 9 e5 dxe5 (9...Nd5 makes more sense) 10 fxe5 Nd5? (this move loses; 10...Ng4 is the right move, and Black should stand a little better after 11 e6 Bxe6) 11 Qf3 Bg7 12 Nxd5 cxd5 13 0-0 0-0 14 Qxd5 (White's attack has played itself so far. I didn't play the rest of the game all that well, but as you will see, I didn't need to.) 14...e6 15 Qe4 Rb8 16 b3 Qa5 17 Re1 Rfc8 18 Bg5 Qc5 19 Bf6 (trying to get rid of that Dragon Bishop) 19...Bc6 20 Qh4 Bf8 21 Kh1 Ba8 22 Qg4 (22 c4 is better.) 22...h5 23 Qf4 Qd5 24 Re2 Rc3 25 Rf1 Qb7 26 Rf3 Rbc8 27 Rxc3 Rxc3 28 Rf2 Qe4 29 Qxe4 Bxe4 30 Re2 Bf5?! 31 Nxf5 exf5? (now it's really over) 32 e6 Rc6 33 e7 Bxe7 34 Bxe7 Re6 35 Rxe6 fxe6 36 Bf6 Black Resigns

    I like this book, but let's just say I'd much rather have White than Black in the Dragon!
    Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen
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    • MUCH More Than Just a Start!
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    Craig Pritchett
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    5 out of 5 stars MUCH More Than Just a Start!.......2006-11-02

    This could be the best, and is certainly one of the most current references on the Sicilian Scheveningen. Unlike the "Starting Out" title that covers the whole Siclian, this is not dumbed down, just get your feet wet coverage. While not a truly comprehensive book, the Scheveningen is very well covered with 46 example games covering most major lines that White can throw at Black. Pritchett gives many, many other lines and there are theoretical sections preceding the games in each section that are filled with many useful, practical tips. Pritchett has been a dedicated practitioner of this defense for decades, and that makes ALL the diference when it comes to authoritative, and truly USEFUL advice. A notable line not covered is 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 (the Classical Scheveningen), but Pritchett's coverage of the more modern and less theoretical alternate lines will give most players ample weapons. What I especially like about this book is that Pritchett has obviously done his own analysis, and has many valuable pointers along the way. Like most works, every line and every move has not been computer checked, so don't take his every word as gospel, but this is a great tool for just about anybody below Expert or possibly even Master strength who is interested in this solid, yet dynamic defense.
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      ASIN: 1857445473

      Book Description

      Starting Out: Sicilian Grand Prix Attack is a further addition to Everyman’s best-selling Starting Out series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling chess openings. International Master Gawain Jones revisits the fundamentals of this opening, elaborating on the crucial early moves and ideas for both sides in a way that is often neglected in other texts.

      Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov (Starting Out)
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        Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov (Starting Out)
        John Cox
        Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 1857444310

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        No opening in recent times has captured the imagination of the chess public more than the Sicilian Sveshnikov. Initially popularized in the 1970s, the Sveshnikov has exploded onto the chess scene at the highest levels and is now regarded by many experts as one of Black’s most promising answers to 1 e4. One of its major attractions is that more often than not the opening leads to incredibly sharp and complex play. In such situations both sides must play with extreme accuracy just to stay on the board as a single slip may lead to disaster!

        CD Starting Out: Closed Sicilian (Starting Out)
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          Ricahard Palliser
          Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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          Starting Out: Classical Sicilian (Starting Out)
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            Alexander Raetsky , and Maxim Chetverik
            Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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            Binding: Paperback

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            ASIN: 1857445376

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            Everyman Chess are delighted to present two further offerings from their original and best-selling Starting Out opening series. The Classical Sicilian is one of Black’s most popular and highly regarded opening choices against 1 e4, and it’s been a favourite of such greats as Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov and Vishy Anand. White has a number of aggressive ways to battle against the Classical: the fashionable Richter-Rauzer Attack; Bobby Fischer’s favourite, the Sozin Attack; and finally the wild Velimirovic Attack, and no work on the Classical would be complete without a study of these fascinating variations. The Grand Prix Attack is one of White’s most aggressive ways of fighting the Sicilian. It leads to a sharp, complex battle from the very beginning, and White’s play is characterized by its lightning attacks against the black king. The opening became a powerful weapon to use in the cut and thrust of weekend tournament chess, where victory is everything and draws are not enough. It steadily became more popular and even gained the seal of approval from some of the world’s elite such as the UK’s top two Grandmasters, Nigel Short and Michael Adams, who have both utilized it with success.
            Everyman Chess’s Starting Out series has firmly established itself as the leading guide to studying openings for up-and-coming players. These books are distinguished by their easy-to-read layout, the lucid explanations of the fundamentals, and the abundance of notes, tips and warnings to help the reader absorb vital ideas. Starting Out opening books are ideal for enthusiastic chess players who have little experience of the openings in question and who wish to appreciate the essential principles behind them.

            *User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
            *Concentrates on the fundamental principles of the openings
            *Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players


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