Originally posted by badivan11. e4 c5
I was wondering why 3.e5 is not played against the Sicilian, e.g. after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6/d6/e6 3.e5. Anyone willing to explain the positional implications?
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 e5?
4. dxe5, dxe5
5. Qxd8+, Kxd8
6. Nxe5
or
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 e5?
4. dxe5, Nxe5
5. Qxd8+, Kxd8
6. Nxe5
Edit: it's not positional, it just loses material.
it seems to me that the following will happen positionally: White will have more space, but the pawn will be extremely over stretched this early on. Black would probably play Nc6 quickly, preventing a quick d4, all the while trying to work on that lonely e pawn. Because the knight is on f3, the f pawn cant help.
Random, unanalyzed though: If white played 2. e5, then 3.f4, 4. Nf3, then things might be different, but I haven't put any thought into it, so don't flame me.