I'm not really into studying openings but I always heard in forums of this one,so I went to chessgames.com to find out some games.
Am I wrong or is it an opening that in the majority of cases leads to a favourable game for black?
However there are so many variations that it will take me years to check out them all...............it happened to me to play the closed variaton......
Originally posted by RavelloWell, if you mean favorable, as in more favorable than White, no. Nearly all reputable opening lines end with White having some sort of an edge in the middlegame, however small it might be. The thing about the Sicilian is that it immediately unbalances the position, and gives Black a clear plan to fight for the initiative. And as you no doubt have seen, the Sicilian is maddeningly complex. I still am not motivated enough to even attempt learning anything beyond what I usually play against it as White, so for now I'll just stick to my boring Caro Kann. 😴
I'm not really into studying openings but I always heard in forums of this one,so I went to chessgames.com to find out some games.
Am I wrong or is it an opening that in the majority of cases leads to a favourable game for black?
However there are so many variations that it will take me years to check out them all...............it happened to me to play the closed variaton......
I think the whole idea is to get into the middle game with a playable position as black. If you play one line for a long time, like the Sicilian Najdorf, you can avoid all the little traps and combinations that can kill you in the opening. If you keep switching from one opening to another (unless you are Kasparov) you can never achieve that. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, pick a solid line and study and play that for a little while. Like the Caro-Kan. That's solid and difficult for white to break down, but, again, it doesn't give you as many winning chances as the Sicilian, but you can draw more. A lot of people don't mind that. They just hate to lose!