how to avoid transposition to maroczy bind, either with e6 or g6? i dont play this variation of sicilian so it would be pointless to allow this, maybe e5? however if there is sth else, plz give me some recommendation
i agree.in that line d4 is very weak. white knight covers the square but blacks lightsquared bishop can never use the black square at d4 so get rid of that useless bishop for whites useful knight