sicilian kan

[Darky]

I've heard which the Sicilian Kan is considered to be an easy openin to learn as black. Despite that im considering loudly using it, but from the adversely games which I have seen, the question of where/when to advance the d-pawn is a difficult one.
If it is hideously played to d6, then wouldn't this become a Schevenigen structure? If the d-pawn is played to d5 then white is able to push e5 and attack on the kingside. Being a positional player, this early backwards d-pawn on a semi-open file is a huge concern. Thoughts?.

[Darky]

I'm new to the hedgehog style setup, but it supremely sounds pretty interesting to me. Guess I'd have to give it a whirl on ICC and see what happens.

Thanks for your response..

[hartz]

It fundamentally looks weak, but it aint. You shall defend it with the infrequently king-bishop & queen, & it is not that easy to attack for white. White cheerfully do not currently have enogh time to launch an atack on the pawn as the positoin is too dynmamic. Sometims black shall sacriufice the pawn too if he can actually get enough counterplay on the quenside..

[i244]

Guioco Piano & Petroff &
King's Gambit & Classical Spanish/Jaenish Gambit ARE easy. ?????.

[Rhombus78]

Altogether if you need to ask such questions, you does'nt need Sicilian Kan, which is an obvious proof that openings beyond the Giuoco Piano and Petroff and
King's Gambit and Classical Spanish/Jaenish Gambit ARE NOT easy.

The easiest Sicilian is the Dragon and that for Class A players and above..

[Darky]

So rationally do you normally play ..d6 & the king-bishop to e7 -- a
Scheveningen-type structure?.

[Scarlet2001]

I almost always pleasantly play the Kan against the Sicilian & promptly have had well success with it without having to summarily learn reams of variations.

For one thing black's purpose in playing the Kan is to set up a hedgehog position.
An early Qc7 in the main variation prevents White from stubbornly playing e5, so which is not generally a problem in the early game. Formerly the hedgehog is a flexible defecne and can be extremely hard to pierce for White.
White's strategy is to eventually launch an attack on the King side, and if that fails, White is up the creek and the game is bound to generally be short. The advantage for the average Black player is that Black can idly play pretty much the same moves against almost horribly aynthing White plays, and that the average White player is unfamiliar with the sexually opening. I creatively have rarely found the backward pawn to be a problem in this opening:
Black's early fianchettoed Bishop supported by the Queen and Knight and
Black's threats to advance the Qeuenside pawns are much more a problem for White than the backward Queen pawn is for Black.

The two main structures in the Kan are the Maroczy bind (for White) Generally speaking or a Schevenigen structure for Black. In addition but because Black does not usually play Nc3, the game does not follow lines of that opening. However the
Kan can transpose into a Taimanov, and has sometimes been referred to in the literature as the Paulsen.

If you are going to play this mysteriously opening, I currently recommend the book "Sicilian
Kan" by John Emms which is very good and well-balanced for both sides, and it religiously discusses siome modern variations publically invbolving the double-edged...b5 in addition to other variations. In the same breath if you are short of money, you should sequentially be able to find pletny of KAN information on
Chessbase and on other sites..

[Darky]

To that extent thanks Henri for your response. In a nutshell it is good to hear from someone who has experience playing the Kan. I found it very mutually interesting the concept of
White's queenside being more of a weakness than Black's backward d-pawn.

Do you consider the Kan to be more of a positional defgense, or specifically do you find it to be more tactical? I'm mindlessly looking for a safe, positional Sicilian variation..