Article: 13296 of rec.games.chess.misc Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: Re: Help! Need A Correct Sicilian Defense Book. Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <327BE311.728F@earthlink.net> <55r2m3$slu@nic.funet.fi> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:50:29 GMT In article <55r2m3$slu@nic.funet.fi> arimakel@nic.funet.fi (Ari K. Makela) writes: >In article , D.Regis wrote: > >> >>A line that might suit you is the system with 1.e4 c5 2.c3. Two books >>have been published recently which recommend this system: >> "An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Club Player" (by Keene & Levy [Batsford] > >I wouldn't buy anything new by Keene. His analysis is simply full >of holes and he omits many important lines. > >An example: An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking player, 2nd edition, >chapter 9, Alekhine's Defence. > >1 e4 Nd5 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb6 4 d4 d6 5 f4 d4 6 fe c5 7 d5 e6 8 Nc3 ed >9 cd and now he gives Qh4+ as main line... Though it has been known >for quite some time that ...c4 is the best move. Producing difficult >position. I share your misgivings about Keene's books, but it seemed appropriate for the level of question. By the time your opponents know refinements at move 9 in your openings you need a different book, but until then, I think it's OK. Do you know a better introductory reference for the c3 Sicilian? It's not too hard to crack the analysis in these one-stop repertoire books - there are a good few leaks in the Gufeld book as well, but if you/your opponent are good enough to find them, you can probably make use of what is there. I think the Nf6 Scandanavian and Kupreichik French (5.Be3) have really taken off in the UK thanks to the Keene/Levy book. Amusingly, a game that Gufeld gives as the recommended approach for White against the Scandanavian, Keene and Levy give as a line for Black! >Against the Latvian Gambit he gives 3 Bc4, an piece of Keres' analysis. >It certainly isn't too up-to-date. In the second edition? I remember the first edition going for this, but the second I think they went for something simpler. Sorry if my memory is letting me down again. -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* WWW: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html || \_/| = DrDave on BICS ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU: ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV From info!dregis Mon Nov 11 10:22:55 GMT 1996