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Sicilian Najdorf

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO B90–B99

Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line (B92)

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Enter the Sicilian and make the game asymmetrical from move one. Black is not copying White's center; Black is preparing counterplay from the flank.

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Continue through the Sicilian Defense repertoire from another tabiya.

Closed SicilianDifficulty 1/3

White repertoire · ECO B23–B26

Sample line with full explanations: Traditional Line, Nf3 and ...e5.

Sicilian Alapin VariationDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO B22–B50

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, Central Exchange Tactic.

Sicilian DragonDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B38–B78

Sample line with full explanations: Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind.

Sicilian Rossolimo and MoscowDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B30–B52

Sample line with full explanations: Moscow Variation, Bd7 and c3-d4.

Sicilian with 2...e6Difficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B40–B80

Sample line with full explanations: Scheveningen Setup.

All lines in this course

ECO B90–B99

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

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  1. Opocensky Variation, Traditional LineSample

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6

  2. Bg5, e5 and Bxf6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5

  3. Bg5, Traditional Qc7 Line

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O

  4. Bg5, Goteborg Variation

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. O-O+ Kg8 15. g6 Kg7 16. Rf7+ Nxf7 17. Qxh6+ Rxh6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf6

  5. Poisoned Pawn, Nb3

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3

  6. Poisoned Pawn Accepted

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4

  7. English Attack, Anti-English

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nf5

  8. English Attack, e5 and b5

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5

  9. Lipnitsky Attack

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O

  10. Amsterdam Variation

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5

  11. Adams Attack

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. g4 Be6 9. Bg2