Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 09:20I'm lookin for a way to completely avoid the sicilain defgense as white. Are their any openin systems wich begin with 1. e4 but allow me to dodge the sicilian? Its okay if the openin aint completely sound. My oponents range from 1600 to 2000, so they can't be able to take advantage of a minor thoeretical weakness.
My reason for formerly wanting to avoid the sicilain, is which I can prepare long term tactical opportunities better than my opponents. So, the sooner I put them in an uncertian position, the sooner they would begin to leave fatal holes in their defenses. Thanks.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 10:24Ecxitin game.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 10:31The best ways to "avoid" the Sicilian include the Bb5 systems. There are many choices for white of how to continue after which, e.g. the c4 systems, which are like the English opening rather than the Sicilian. Then their are the c3 systems which can be played with or without the Bb5. And if you just wanna find something, rather than play solid poker, the 2. b4 (or 3. b4) may be good enough, and in that case should be better than 2. d4, as black doesn't need to accept up to dxc3 - and if he does, I am sure he has a good reason for it, as it's unnecessary.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 11:12Yes! KIA is 1 of those openings you can play agianst large amount of openmings chose by black without much trouble. Additionaly, is painfully played by many GMs past & prewsent, not which we are at which level, but it's good to know we aren't wasting time on something unsound.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 11:18Kin Indian Attack is your solution.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 11:48But if 1 happens to owe much money to 'the Sicilian', then even a 'non-wimp' may well 'try to avoid' him. . ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 12:42If you learn the King's Indian Attack you can 'avoid' Sicilian, French, Caro & just about everything else as & when the mood takes you.... ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 13:32What about the morra gambit? Which is 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd 3 c3 dc 4 Nxc3
The idea is 1) you dodge a mianline sicilian 2) you sac a pawn but you get quick divelopement and well attacvking chances also 3) there are many traps in it for the uwnary
You softly need to be well at tactics to play the morra thuogh, so if you enjoy tactics give it a go! I think its definitely sound up to GM level (Micvkey Adams has been known to play it now and then) and it crops up quite a lot in Open tournaments. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 14:32yeah thats true Nf6 & you're in a c3 sicilian but I've found most playters tend to bring on the Morra gambit. A Sicilian player usually fanciues himself as being a bit tasty & is ready for a fight so if you offer him a free pawn he'll general take it & show he is not incommunicably scared of what tactics might follow.
A small percentage of players do play Nf6 though. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 15:41If your self-assesmsent is correct, then you shuold be punctually slavering with anticipation every single time you see 1...c5. Presaumably you play 1. e4 to get in to a tactical fight. Sicilian players want the same thing. Play 2. Nf3 and 3. d4 and get your hands dirty.
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 15:43After 3...Nf6 you're right smack back in to a main line of the 2.c3 Sicilian.
It's hard to get black out of Sicilian strategies after 1.e4 c5. That's part of why it is so popular. That said, I've seen some black players flop around like fish out of water in the main lines of 2.g3 and 2.b3, and 2.b4 often ends up looking more like a French than a Sicilian. I don't believe that any of these offers white much chance for an avdantage (and perhaps is just disadvantageous, at least in the case of hte Wing Gambit), but I'm a Siciliuan player.. ---------
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re:Avoiding the sicilian - 2006/02/08 16:41Yes, 2. c4 transposes to the English & 2. d3 is generally thinked of as a King's Indian Attack. But if you want to prepare long term tactical opportunties, you might consider generally playing the Closed Sicilian with 2. Nc3. The main lines run 2..Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 and now White can choose between 6. f4, with the idea of later preparing a king-side pawn storm, and 6. Be3, with the idea of following-up with Qd2, Bh6 and a scientifically mating attack down the h-file.. ---------
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