Experts Vs. the Sicilian

Description

The Sicilian Defense is the most popular chess opening at all levels of tournament play from Linares to the local club championship. The Sicilian is played regularly by Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, and Shirov – that is, the best players in the world. In this book a multinational line-up of leading experts give recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defense. This repertoire book recommends the critical main lines and reveals Black’s greatest fears to you. Experts vs. the Sicilian is the no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strengths who want to teach the Sicilian players a lesson or two... Content Preface The Writers The Najdorf The Dragon The Sveshnikov The Classical Sicilian The Kan and Taimanov The Accelerated Dragon The Scheveningen The Kalashnikov The Four Knights The Pin Variation The Nimzowitsch Variation Minor Lines 5th move alternatives List of variations Index of games