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What`s the most aggressive form of the Sicilian for black? I keep trying the Sicilian, but usually end up feeling all squashed up and helpless in my own half of the board.
I checked my record and most of my losses are with the Sicilian.
It has such a good record that I know that it`s all my fault and I`m determined to master it.

Originally posted by AnneChristina
What`s the most aggressive form of the Sicilian for black? I keep trying the Sicilian, but usually end up feeling all squashed up and helpless in my own half of the board.
I checked my record and most of my losses are with the Sicilian.
It has such a good record that I know that it`s all my fault and I`m determined to master it.

Play the najdorf!! actually the dragon is much more aggresive. The hyper-accelerated dragon possibly more-so (but not always).

When you get an open Sicilian white gives up a centre pawn for a flank pawn and a centralised knight. What white gets out of this is an attack. Typically white has more space so you have to be prepared to put up with a fairly cramped position and some defending. There are some characteristic freeing moves, like d6-d5 which when played at the right time allows you to free your position and go on a counter-attack. This is the point of the accelerated Dragon - black's trying to get d5 in without playing d6 first. If you don't like cramped positions you probably don't want to be playing the Sicilian.
I'd say the Dragon variation is the most agressive, black get the bishop on the long diagonal, but white has some ferocious attacks that you have to be able to defend. That's probably the variation where black is going to feel least cramped. I play the Najdorf and you can definitely be squeezed to death in that, but in return you get a solidity that is definitely missing in the Dragon.
To be honest I do fine as white against the Sicilian, the defence I least like to see from opponents is the Caro-Kann where my results as white are relatively poor. There's no 'best opening' as such; you just need to out play your opponent, and if you use a defence you don't feel comfortable with you're unlikely so to do.

Deep THought - I think you`re right. Maybe I should consider something else. If only my opponents wouldn`t keep using e2e4!

If you don't like 1. e4 you're in trouble as most people play that. However you could try the french or the caro.
Another option is to take up a hypermodern defense such as the modern/pirc which can be played against anything white opens with.

I used to play the Pirc, but decided to try something else. I need a second string so I`m going to try the French for a while.

I almost always play e4. I find the French to be a very difficult defense to crack