Dismantling the Sicilian

A Complete Modern Repertoire for White

Jesus de la Villa, Max Illingworth

• Publisher: New in Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9789056917531
• Year: 2017

The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level as well as among top grandmasters. Since Black gets dynamic play in almost all variations, black players of all levels will probably continue to play the Sicilian for a long time to come. It has been difficult for White to obtain any advantage in Sicilian sidelines, and this book therefore presents a complete repertoire for White in the most widely played main lines: the Open Sicilians with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3. All of Black's possible answers are covered. 'Dismantling the Sicilian' is clearly organized, and each variation is presented with its history, its main ideas, its typical tactics and strategies, and with instructive games. The authors thoroughly explain the relevant themes and always summarizes the most important features. This a completely new edition, updated and extended from the original 2009 publication.

Table of contents

• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Explanation of symbols
• Introduction to the new edition
• Introduction to the first edition
• Chapter 1 – Second move sidelines
• Chapter 2 – 2...♘c6 sidelines
• Chapter 3 – The Lowenthal & the Kalashnikov
• Chapter 4 – The Accelerated Dragon 4...g6
• Chapter 5 – The Sveshnikov 5...e5
• Chapter 6 – Sidelines after 2...e6
• Chapter 7 – The Taimanov 4...♘c6
• Chapter 8 – The Paulsen 5.♘c3 without 5...♕c7
• Chapter 9 – The Paulsen 5.♘c3 ♕c7
• Chapter 10 – 2...d6 sidelines
• Chapter 11 – The Scheveningen
• Chapter 12 – The Dragon 5...g6
• Chapter 13 – The Richter-Rauzer without 8...♗d7
• Chapter 14 – The Richter-Rauzer 8...♗d7
• Chapter 15 – The 6.h3 Najdorf
• Chapter 16 – The 6.♗e2 Najdorf
• Chapter 17 – What others recommend... and why I disagree
• Index of variations
• Index of players
• Bibliography