Chessmate

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon · White

Maróczy Bind, Meeting the b5 Break · White (B36)

Claim central space and open lines for the queen and king's bishop.

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Step through the line. Every move has a reason.

More courses in this opening

Continue through the Sicilian Defense repertoire from another tabiya.

Closed Sicilian · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO B23–B26

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line, Meeting the Queenside Expansion · White.

Closed Sicilian · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO B26

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line, Queenside Expansion · Black.

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B34–B36

Sample line with full explanations: Maróczy Bind, Thematic b5 Break · Black.

Sicilian Alapin · BlackDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO B22–B40

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, e5 Pressure.

Sicilian Alapin · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO B22

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, c4 Main Line · White.

Sicilian Classical · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B56–B67

Sample line with full explanations: Richter-Rauzer, Be7 Main Line · Black.

Sicilian Classical · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B60–B67

Sample line with full explanations: Richter-Rauzer, Classical Line · White.

Sicilian Dragon · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B71–B78

Sample line with full explanations: Yugoslav Attack, Fast-Castling Main Line.

Sicilian Dragon · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B71–B78

Sample line with full explanations: Yugoslav Attack, Fast-Castling Main Line · White.

Sicilian Kan · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B41–B43

Sample line with full explanations: Polugaevsky Main Line, Qg4 and ...b5 · Black.

Sicilian Kan · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B42

Sample line with full explanations: Polugaevsky Main Line, Qg4 and Bg5 · White.

Sicilian Najdorf · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B90–B99

Sample line with full explanations: Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line.

Sicilian Najdorf · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B90–B99

Sample line with full explanations: Be2, Classical Setup.

Sicilian Scheveningen · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B81

Sample line with full explanations: Keres Attack, Central d5 Main Line · White.

Smith-Morra Gambit · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO B21

Sample line with full explanations: Accepted, 8.Qe2 Main Line · Black.

Smith-Morra Gambit · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO B21

Sample line with full explanations: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Development Lead.

Sicilian Sveshnikov · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B33

Sample line with full explanations: Chelyabinsk Main Line, c3 and f5.

Sicilian Sveshnikov · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B33

Sample line with full explanations: Chelyabinsk Main Line, c3 and f5 · White.

Sicilian Taimanov · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B44–B48

Sample line with full explanations: Classical Main Line, 13...c5 · Black.

Sicilian Taimanov · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B48

Sample line with full explanations: Qf3 Main Line, Meeting 11...b4 · White.

Sicilian Scheveningen · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B80–B90

Sample line with full explanations: Keres Attack, Central d5 Counter.

All lines in this course

ECO B34–B38

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. Maróczy Bind, Meeting the b5 Break · WhiteSample

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. O-O b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1

  2. Maróczy Bind, Na4 Space Plan · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5

  3. Maróczy Bind, Modern Nf6 Move Order · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. O-O a5 12. Bd4 a4 13. f4

  4. Maróczy Bind, Classical Setup · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1

  5. Modern Variation, Bc4 Main Line · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. d6

  6. Modern Variation, Meeting the a5 Sideline · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. Qe2 d6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rfd1

  7. Exchange Variation, Early Qd4 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. e6 f6 9. exd7+ Bxd7 10. Be2 e5 11. Qd1 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Na3

  8. Modern Variation, Punishing Early Ng4 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. f3 Nf6 12. e5 Ne8 13. O-O-O

  9. Modern Variation, Punishing Premature Qb6 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qb6 8. Nf5 Qxb2 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Na4 Qe5 11. Bh6

  10. Maróczy Bind, Punishing the Wrong Rook · White

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rac8 13. O-O a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2