A fun lovers Guide to the Sicilian Defence Chess Opening

A fun lovers Guide to the Sicilian Defence Chess Opening

The Sicilian Defence has a wide range of variations which are fascinating to get an idea of why they exist, and interesting model games to check out which reinforce their specific features.

This course acts as your comprehensive tour guide to the Sicilian defence variations

Variations include:

The Scheveningen Variation is with 5 ....e6

The Sveshnikov variation features 2 ...Nc6 3. d4 cxd3 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 then the forcing move e5

The Accelerated Dragon features 4 ...g6

The Kalashnikov (reloaded!) variation features 4 ...e5 5.Nb5 d6

"Reloaded" version with 5 ...d6 instead of 5 ...a6

The Taimanov variation features 4 ...Nc6

The Kan (Paulsen) variation features 4 ...a6

The Pin variation which is not entirely sound features 4 ...Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4

The Moscow variation features an early 3 .Bb5+

The Rossolimo variation has a similar Bb5 but without being check because Black has a knight on c6:

The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon features 2 ...g6

The O'Kelly Variation features 2 ...a6

The Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein Variation features 2 ...Nf6

The Closed Sicilian features 2 .Nc3

The Alapin variation features 2 .c3

The Smith-Morra Gambit (a personal favorite!)

With this tour guide, you can get an idea of the pros and cons of each variation, and become more specialist in your favourite variations. Also, you can simply enjoy the amazing game examples the course provides and boost your chess understanding generally.

Find Sicilian Defence variations that are right for your personality, goals and interests and chess improvement needs

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What you will learn

• Ability to maximise the fun to be had from one of the most fun chess openings in existence - the Sicilian defence
• Ability to decide which Sicilian Defence variations best suit your personality and style
• Ability to understand why world champions Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov made the Sicilian defence their major reply to 1.e4

Rating: 4.95

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 32.5 hours

Instructor: Tryfon Gavriel