Starting Out:

The c3 Sicilian: Dazzle Your Opponents!

John Emms

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781941218
• Year: 2008

Grandmaster John Emms revisits the fundamentals of the c3 Sicilian. He explains in depth the reasoning behind the critical early moves and uses instructive games to demonstrate key plans.

Table of contents

• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 2 ... d5: Black Plays Aggressively
• 2 2 ... d5: Positional Lines
• 3 2 ... Nf6: Traditional Lines with cxd4
• 4 2 ... Nf6: Modern Lines
• 5 Second Move Alternatives
• Index of Complete Games
• Alava Moreno.F-Morano.A, Correspondence 2000
• Brynell.S-Schandorff.L, Torshavn, 1997
• Cooley.C-Emms.J, British League 2007
• Dolgov.I-Filipchenko.V, Correspondence 2004
• Dubois.M-Verot.M, French Women’s Championship, Val d’Isere 2002
• Emms.J-Hunt.A, Port Erin 1999
• Emms.J-Sagall.R, London (rapidplay) 1995
• Filipovic.B-Kveinys.A, Pula 2003
• Karpatchev.A-Bruned.Y, Salou 2005
• Kirilov.V-Salata.F, Riga 1964
• Krivun.N-Friedman.A, Correspondence 1981
• Lakatos.S-Claridge.J, Correspondence 2002
• Maciejewski.A-Dautov.R, Germany 1986
• Markovic.I-Zakic.S, Belgrade 1996
• Motylev.A-Beltugov.E, Russian Cup, Ekaterinburg 1997
• Nisipeanu.L.D-Kiselev.S, Bucharest 1997
• Pavasovic.D-Fedorov.A, Rabac 2004
• Pavasovic.D-Jurkovic.H, Bizovac 2007
• Pavasovic.D-Koemetter.R, St Veit 2000
• Pavasovic.D-Wells.P, European Championship, Warsaw 2008
• Rausis.I-Miles.A, Las Palmas 1996
• Smerdon.D-Johansen.D, Brisbane 2005
• Szabo.G-Milanovic.D, Bucharest 2007
• Tzermiadianos.A-Mohota.N, Olomouc 2004
• Vajda.S-Hovanecz.L, Salgotarjan 2002
• Vysochin.S-Kozhuharov.S, Istanbul 2006