Description of Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black
Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black, provides you with great insight to the Sicilian. The Sicilian is far and away the most popular chess opening. The reason is obviousit enables Black to fight for victory without taking excessive risks.
Given both the Sicilians fearsome reputation and the amount of theoretical preparation requires to tackle it head-on, many players prefer to side-step the Open Sicilian with one of the Anti-Sicilian systems at White's disposal. These include:
- positionally motivated lines such as the 2 c3 Sicilian and the 3 Bb5 systems
- slow but tricky attacking lines including the Closed Sicilian and the King's Indian Attack
- aggressive but loosening ideas like the Grand Prix Attack and a variety of gambits.
Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black, equips Black to fight against all these lines. In the most critical variations, Author and Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko provides a choice between a solid and an aggressive option. He caters to those who meet 2 Nf3 with the three main moves, 2...d6. 2...e6 and 2...Nc6.