Its time to change your opening.
Sick of Sicilian
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I play the open sicilian for the most part. I try to take advantage of my space and development. It's not much beyond that. I suppose there are some good anti-sicilians you could check out. The Grand-Prix Attack, the Closed, the Alapin, the Snyder, there are lots.
Thanks i will look into it
Yeah I play the Open Sicilian
ManicDragon wrote:
Yeah... that's a bit too general, really.
Not really. I mean, once you're in the open, it's black's choice as to what to play. I think it's often hard for white to cope because black simply knows the theory better.
I seem to do okay against 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 with 3. Bb5
I wait for them to push a6 then make the capture Bxc6. I castle King side early, stick my Rook on e1 and try to create a big centre utilising the preparatory move c3. The positions pretty much play themselves, simple moves.
Apr 4, 2010
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#8
precisely why i do not play 1. e4. play d4, c4, f4, Nf3 -- anything but e4 and you can avoid the sicilian. :D
learn the English Attack.. its amazing.
Schachgeek wrote:
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
I seem to do okay against 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 with 3. Bb5
I wait for them to push a6 then make the capture Bxc6. I castle King side early, stick my Rook on e1 and try to create a big centre utilising the preparatory move c3. The positions pretty much play themselves, simple moves.
The Rossolimo variation.
GM Reshevsky used the Rossolimo to defeat me in one of my 3 games with him.
I thought it probably had a name. I've been playing it with next to no knowledge and I'm 5/5 on this site, must be easy to play.
That would be greatly appreciated schachgeek. I usually play the Sicilian in real life against my former teacher and I just want to finally beat him at his own game. So for the others who told me to not play 1. e4 ,although good advice, doesn't help me in my choice of trying to beat him at his own game. And Tonydal, I will 'book up' as you say. I'm studying the Grand-Prix attack right now thanks to DrizztD's reference to it. It's very interesting...
maybe something you can try is anti sicilians
like moscow variation(canal-solosky), rossilimo, alapin, grand prix, closed , etc etc
Apr 4, 2010
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#13
I recommend playing either the Yugoslav Attack or the Grand Prix Attack. The are lines I usually play, although I've taken up playing the Moscow recently, to mixed results. But, the Yugoslav and the Grand Prix have given me quite good results.
Schachgeek thanks for the game. It gave me a new variation to think about. It was a great game. You dominated the game in the beginning and most men can't even stay equal for the first 15 moves against a guy like Rashevsky. 10/10 stars :)
you should post some of your losses
or else its hard to help you when we dont know what you do wrong and right
Apr 5, 2010
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#16
Could switch to the d pawn openings slav semi slav and never play a sicilian again
I like the Alapin (2. c3). You don't really need to learn reams of theory, it's more a question of having positional understanding, making it a little unusual for the Sicilian.
I'm another supporter of 2.c3. Usually black knows less of the theory than in his own pet open sicilian line, and the positions you get are normally a lot different from those you get in the open sicilians. It doesn't require much work on white's part - just play on general principles, make sure you understand isolated queen's pawn (IQP) structures and you're away!
When I was playing only 1 e4 and playing sicilians as black most of the time against 1 e4 , half of my games were sicilians and I really got sick of it. To get away from so many sicilians I started playing 1d4 and as black started playing the french more than usual but still relying heavily on sicilians.
I'm tired of always losing to the Sicilian Defense. When I'm white the Sicilian is always getting thrown in my face and everytime I always get crushed. When YOU beat it as white what do you do? How do I keep from being massacred?