Starting Out:

Closed Sicilian

Richard Palliser

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781940662
• Year: 2006

International Master Richard Palliser studies the Closed Sicilian in a clear-cut way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that is sometimes neglected or taken for granted.

Table of contents

• Bibliography and Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Spassky’s 6 f4: The Main Line with 6...e6
• 2 Spassky’s 6 f4: Black’s Other Defences
• 3 The Fashionable 6 Be3: 6...e6 and 6...e5
• 4 The Fashionable 6 Be3: Black’s Alternative Set-ups
• 33...Rxc4 34 bxc4 Nc3 35 Qg4 1-0 Points to Remember1) 5...e6 6 Qd2 Nd4?! 7 Nce2! is a useful idea to remember. 2) 6...Nf6 forces White to develop accurately and delaying Qd2, but playing Nge2, is generally quite prudent. 3) 6...Rb8 is one of Black’s better options against 6 Be3 and is best challenged by 7 Qd2 b5 8 Nge2, rather than by 8 f4. 4) White should always aim to evict the black knight from d4 and thus Nc1 and Nd1 is an important motif, to be followed up by c3, Bh6 and f4.Chapter Five The Tricky 6 Nge2 and 6 Nh3 White Plays Nge2A Creative Approach1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3 d6 6 Nge2 (Diagram 1)
• 5 The Tricky 6 Nge2 and 6 Nh3
• 6 Early Black Deviations
• 7 Crafty Move-orders: 2 d3 & 2 g3
• Index of Complete Games
• Adams.M-Lautier.J, Tilburg 1996
• Adams.M-Sax.G, Bundesliga 1997
• Bareev.E-Leko.P, Melody Amber (blindfold), Monaco 2004
• Cappon.J-Dimitrov.V, Koszalin 1999
• Davies,N.-Ivanov.I, Lloyds Bank Open, London 1992
• Dembo.Y-Gottesman.J, Budapest 2003
• Fedorov.A-Kasparov.G, Wijk aan Zee 2001
• Fischer.R-Spassky.B, 17th matchgame, Belgrade 1992
• Hall.R-Nielsen.J, correspondence 2003
• Horner.J-Quigley.S, British Championship, Chester 1979
• Karpov.A-Quinteros.M, Buenos Aires 1980
• Kroeze.F-Kharlov.A, Leeuwarden 1994
• Lautier.J-Ljubojevic.L, Melody Amber (rapid), Monaco 1996
• Ledger.A-Shaw.J, Isle of Man Open 1998
• Maiwald.J-Pribyl.J, 2nd Bundesliga 2000
• Marzolo.C-Cosma.I, Chambery 2002
• McShane.L-Khalifman.A, Smartfish Masters, Drammen 2005
• Palliser.R-Rowson.J, British Championship, Scarborough 2001
• Parkanyi.A-Vigorito.D, Budapest 2003
• Rodriguez.A-Juarez Flores.G, American Continental Ch’p, Cali 2001
• Rodriguez.A-Zuriel.A, Villa Martelli 2001
• Roos.J-Wells.P, Budapest 1997
• Sepp.O-Stocek.J, European Team Championship, Plovdiv 2003
• Short.N-Kasparov.G, Wijk aan Zee 2000
• Short.N-Rechlis.G, European Championship, Ohrid 2001
• Short.N-Stefansson.H, 5th matchgame, Reykjavik 2002
• Short.N-Topalov.V, Sarajevo 1999
• Short.N-Williams.S, British League (4NCL) 2003
• Spassky.B-Geller.E, 6th matchgame, Suhumi 1968
• Spassky.B-Gufeld.E, Wellington 1988
• Spassky.B-Portisch.L, 13th matchgame, Geneva 1977
• Spassky.B-Portisch.L, Toluca Interzonal 1982
• Starostits.I-Seifert.V, Leutersdorf 2002
• Stein.L-Sarapu.O, Sousse Interzonal 1967