Opening · played as White
Sicilian Defense: White's Open Sicilian
The main-line answer to 1...c5: 2.Nf3 and 3.d4, meeting the Najdorf, Dragon, Taimanov and Kan setups. This is the White side, for playing the Sicilian as Black, see the Najdorf and Dragon courses.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Nd5 Nxd5
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 a6
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2 cxd4 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Nxf6+ gxf6
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Be3 Qa5 7.Qd2 cxd4
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nfd7 5.Be3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.f4 b5
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nfd7 5.Be3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.d5 Nb6
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
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