Chessmate

Sicilian Alapin · White

Barmen Defense, c4 Main Line · White (B22)

Claim the center and open lines for the queen and light-squared bishop.

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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 Accelerated Dragon · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B34–B38

Sample line with full explanations: Maróczy Bind, Meeting the b5 Break · White.

Sicilian Alapin · BlackDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO B22–B40

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

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 B22

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

Train this course
  1. Barmen Defense, c4 Main Line · WhiteSample

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Qd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rc1

  2. Barmen Defense, Bg4 Endgame · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. Be3 e5 9. b4 e4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Nd2

  3. Alapin Main Line, d4 and Qe2 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Bd3

  4. Alapin Main Line, Nf3 and Rb1 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Rb1

  5. Alapin Main Line, b6 Bishop Exchange · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3

  6. Alapin, 2...d6 Center Setup · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O

  7. Alapin, 2...Nc6 Space Gain · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. d5 Ne5 6. f4 Neg4 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Qf3 d6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. h3

  8. Alapin, 2...e6 IQP Plan · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2

  9. Alapin, 2...g6 Central Break · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Bb5+

  10. Alapin, 2...e5 Queenless Middlegame · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bg5

  11. Barmen Defense, Punishing Qxg2 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qg6 9. h4 h5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qe2

  12. Barmen Defense, Punishing Bg4 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Nxd5 Bxd1 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8