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Sicilian with 2...e6

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO B40–B80

Scheveningen Setup (B80)

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Start with the Sicilian: Black does not mirror White's center, and instead prepares counterplay from the c-file and queenside.

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White repertoire · ECO B23–B26

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

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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 NajdorfDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B90–B99

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

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Black repertoire · ECO B30–B52

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

All lines in this course

ECO B40–B80

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

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  1. Scheveningen SetupSample

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7

  2. Pin Variation, Quiet Bd3

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O d5

  3. Pin Variation, e5 and Qg4

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 O-O

  4. Taimanov Variation, Main Line

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5

  5. Taimanov Variation, Exchange on c6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nf6

  6. Taimanov Variation, Maroczy Check

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 d5

  7. Kan Variation, Main Line

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O d6

  8. Kan Variation, Scheveningen Structure

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6

  9. Kan Variation, Maroczy Hedgehog

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O b6

  10. Kan Variation, Bd3 Bishop Pressure

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6