System against the sicilian needed

Hi all
I need a system to play against the sicilian which is straight forward to understand and has a clear objective and of course dodges all the theory??

Originally posted by rob39
Hi all
I need a system to play against the sicilian which is straight forward to understand and has a clear objective and of course dodges all the theory??

Originally posted by rob39
Hi all
I need a system to play against the sicilian which is straight forward to understand and has a clear objective and of course dodges all the theory??

Originally posted by rob39
Hi all
I need a system to play against the sicilian which is straight forward to understand and has a clear objective and of course dodges all the theory??

Grand prix attack.
Wing gambit.

Invent your own defense 🙂

The Grand Prix Attack is popular at the club level (nc3 f4 etc.), as is the c3 Alapin.

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
1. d4

Originally posted by rob39
Hi all
I need a system to play against the sicilian which is straight forward to understand and has a clear objective and of course dodges all the theory??

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?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "21

• 8
• a
• 7
• b
• 6
• c
• 5
• d
• 4
• e
• 3
• f
• 2
• g
• 1
• h

1.	e4	c5
2.	Nc3	Nc6
3.	g3	g6
4.	Bg2	Bg7
5.	d3	e6
6.	Be3	Nd4
7.	Qd2	Ne7
8.	Nce2	Nxe2
9.	Nxe2	Bxb2
10.	Rb1	Bg7
11.	Bxc5

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[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {here we plan to fianchetto our bishop, solidifying the centre, the rational is that after we play d3, the bishop is best suited on g2, some may object, but its an easy way to play} g6 {black also fianchettoes his bishop where it will exert great influence on the centre.} 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 {Normally in Sicilian we exchange this pawn for an open d file, but not here, black cannot look forward to an advantageous end game with a central pawn majority} e6 {there are many other moves in this position, ...d6, Rb8, but we produce this for illustration purposes} 6. Be3 {a brilliant move, black must now defend the c pawn, with moves like ...d6, ...Qa5, or in this instance ...Nd4} Nd4 7. Qd2 Ne7 8. Nce2 {and now the brilliant ...Nce2 challenging the bold steed} Nxe2 9. Nxe2 Bxb2 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. Bxc5 {and we have a central pawn majority, an open b file and we have exchanged a crumby b pawn for an excellent bishop pawn, our prospects are good!} *

Originally posted by nimzo5
The Grand Prix Attack is popular at the club level (nc3 f4 etc.), as is the c3 Alapin.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
closed Sicilian dude, there is no easy way for black to reach dull equality, its goes like this,

[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {here we plan to fianchetto our bishop, solidifying the centre, the rational is that after we play d3, the bish ...[text shortened]... d a crumby b pawn for an excellent bishop pawn, our prospects are good!} *[/pgn]

Originally posted by tomtom232
I thought the closed was 2.c3 and the 2.Nc3 was the chamelion because it can transpose so easily.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
closed Sicilian dude, there is no easy way for black to reach dull equality, its goes like this,

[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {here we plan to fianchetto our bishop, solidifying the centre, the rational is that after we play d3, the bish ...[text shortened]... d a crumby b pawn for an excellent bishop pawn, our prospects are good!} *[/pgn]

Originally posted by gambit3
Why did you play Black out of the book first?

Originally posted by gambit3
Why did you play Black out of the book first? P.S. ChessMaster has 6. .... d6 as Black's only book move.

Originally posted by Mad Rook
Robbie's 6...Nd4 is in my book. Your Chessmaster just needs a bigger book.