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How do you play against the Sicilian Defense?
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A number of possibilities are discussed in:
Starting Out: The Sicilian by GM John Emms (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Suggestions can be found in:
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Sam Collins
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Simple_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_White.pdf
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Vincent Moret
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9033.pdf
The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7277.pdf
Starting Out: King's Indian Attack by John Emms (2005)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627034051/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen81.pdf
The Complete c3 Sicilian by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234618/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen141.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/944.pdf
Starting Out: Closed Sicilian by Richard Palliser (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175558/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen87.pdf
The Closed Sicilian - Move by Move by FM Carsten Hansen (2017)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7715.pdf
The Grand Prix Attack by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/979.pdf
Mayhem in the Morra by Marc Esserman (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
The Rossolimo Sicilian by Victor Bologan
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195254/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen147.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/952.pdf
Rossolimo and Friends by Alexei Kornev (2015)
http://gainesvillechesstraining.com/?page_id=393
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7501.pdf
The Modern Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.a3 by Sergei Soloviov (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7393.pdf
A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid by Evgeny and Vladimir Sveshnikov
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9020.pdf
Coming soon:
Playing 1.e4 - Sicilian & French by John Shaw
If you decide to go for the open Sicilian, you could look in:
Taming the Sicilian by Nigel Davies (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf
Slay the Sicilian by Timothy Taylor (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7080.pdf
Steamrolling the Sicilian by Sergey Kasparov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101148/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen174.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/987.pdf
MODERNIZED: The Open Sicilian written by IM Zhanibek Amanov and FM Kostya Kavutskiy (2015)
http://claudiamunoz.com/index.php/en/chess-book-reviews/5430-my-book-review-modernized-the-open-sicilian
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7500.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Negi_1e4_vs_the_Sicilian_One-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GrandmasterRepertoire1e4vsSicilianII-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian III by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/1e4vsSicilianIII-excerpt.pdf
Neil McDonald's Starting Out 1.e4
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/opening-books-en-masse-part-3
Feb 8, 2018
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#5
I like to push the f4 pawn right after my opponent responds with c5. I usually then continue with Knight f3 and bishop c4. After that I castle and develop my other pieces. This line is quite aggressive and risky, but also fun to play.
Carefully!
As a Sicilian player I don't like playing against the Alapin (aka c3 Sicilian) so you could give that a try.
Feb 8, 2018
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#8
I have never lost or drawn a USCF tournament game playing 2. Nf3 and 3. Bb5, and recently scored a 600-point upset with this line.
It's straightforward, easy to learn, and allows you to have pressure without getting into wild theory or tactics. Many opponents at my level (1400 USCF) play very passively and allow me to build up a large center and get a strong attack without much risk.
Here are a couple of my recent wins with Bb5.
No need to read all that jive, just watch this video by NM Rob King of the Metrowest chess club. Actually pause the video when the questions appear, think about the position and you will receive a free interactive lesson from a National Master.
Feb 8, 2018
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#10
After looking at some of your games, openings are not your issue. Youre doing what pretty much all beginner/low rated players do:
1. Youre hanging pieces.
2. Youre missing simple tactics.
3. Youre not following Opening Principles.
4. Youre focusing on openings.
Openings are not going to help you not commit #'s 1-3
Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
my gawd its a TMI overload.
Thank you, everyone, for your help!
Don't open with 1 e4, and save yourself the tidal wave of reading above.
Very Simple.
P.S. Sveshnikov might be the only person who can play the Alapin and win. That was my conclusion after buying 3 books on the c3 Alapin, and playing OTB @USCF 1800 for a number of years. 
Play a (universal) reversed black defense from the white side. Very simple. Saves lot of study time too. Larsen's Attack (i.e. a reversed QID) comes to mind. But the list is fairly long. If you want to go for BIG Theory play the KIA. For Little theory (but still fairly big) play a reversed Schlechter Grunfeld.
And there are still more choices for reversed systems, naturally. 
1.c4 best by zest
robbie_1969 wrote:
1.c4 best by zest
Indeed, Tony Kosten (1999) -- https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-English-aggressive-players-traditional/dp/1901983145
Use the Botvinnik System, all the way.
"... Putting a repertoire together against the various Sicilian lines has for many people ... been a major nightmare. ... putting a repertoire together that will work for a longer period of time is a neverending project. Attempts have been made in several books, most notably by Nunn (/Gallagher) in the Beating The Sicilian series, but the lines suggested became so popular upon publication of each volume that the suggested lines quickly got so outdated, that the books in many cases became obsolete. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2003)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf
its funny watching my opponents react to the English, they don't seem quite sure how to react to something that may transpose into any number of things and is largely ill defined in the centre.
Feb 9, 2018
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#20
robbie_1969 wrote:
its funny watching my opponents react to the English, they don't seem quite sure how to react to something that may transpose into any number of things and is largely ill defined in the centre.
Which is why i love playing it. Give me good ole Botvinnik System any day!
During chess tournaments, I usually don't do well against the Sicilian Defense (me playing white). Can anyone help me find a way to win? If you don't know the Sicilian defense is 1. e4, 1. c5. Thank you.