anyone here on rhp play 2. ...e6 in the open sicilian? I know very little of it personally and meet it with 3. d3, setting up the King's Indian Attack.
i've only met 2. ...e6 twice in my short chess life and both times 3. d3 and the game transposed to positions of the KIA resembling those after 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5
In fact, you don't ever see the KIA very much at all!
I think it's most common in Bullet Chess where you can pump out the formation (King's knight to f3, d3, queens knight to d2, g3, Bg2, O-O...) without really paying attention to what black does
Originally posted by MoneyMaker7 I find the Scilican the hardest to defend for beginners.
2. Nf3 would be the best move I think
Usually responded by Nc6
actually d6 is more popular...
I've never had any real problems with open sicilian systems with 2. ...Nc6 (hell I myself use the Accelerated Dragon) and with 2. ...d6, I'm more than willing to play the white side of the Najdorf and Dragon.
I play 2...e6 mostly. Because I play the Shavenien (don´t know the letters...xD) and that variation can be reached with both: 2...d6 and 2...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.e5 doesn not work ...Qa5+ wins a pawn and therfore white can only transpode)
But if U use the 2...e6 move order U avoid all Bb5+ or not + variations.
2...e6 can also be used to reach the Kan and the Taimanov variations.
Originally posted by YUG0slav actually d6 is more popular...
I've never had any real problems with open sicilian systems with 2. ...Nc6 (hell I myself use the Accelerated Dragon) and with 2. ...d6, I'm more than willing to play the white side of the Najdorf and Dragon.
Wich line do you play against the dragon and najdorf. I have thought about playing 6.f4 against the dragon but I have some trouble against the najdorf. Is the english attack good?
Originally posted by bikingviking Wich line do you play against the dragon and najdorf. I have thought about playing 6.f4 against the dragon but I have some trouble against the najdorf. Is the english attack good?
6.Bc4 vs Najdorf and always a Yugoslav Attack (with 9.Bc4) vs the Dragon