The Sicilian Sveshnikov:

Move by Move

Cyrus Lakdawala

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781943564
• Year: 2017

The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.The Sveshnikov is a very important variation of the Sicilian Defence. It was pioneered by Russian grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov in the 1970s and has since become a popular choice for Black at all levels, from club player to grandmaster. One of the Sveshnikov's main attractions is that it provides a battleground for one of the key conflicts in chess: structure versus activity. Black sacrifices structure in return for active piece play – a dynamic that regularly leads to sharp and complex positions, rich in strategic and tactical possibilities.In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala invites the reader to join him in studying the Sveshnikov Sicilian This book tells you everything you need to know about playing the Sveshnikov Sicilian with Black.Essential guidance and training in the SveshnikovUtilizes an ideal approach to chess studyProvides repertoire options for Black

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Sixth Move Alternatives
• 2 The Positional Line: 9 Nd5
• 3 Eleventh Move Alternatives
• 4 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nd5 f5
• 5 White Plays 7 Nd5
• 6 The Ulfie: 6 ... h6!?
• Index of Complete Games
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