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The Sicilian

174 pages, paperback, Everyman, 1. edition 2002

From the series »Starting Out«

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The Sicilian Defence is perhaps the most famous opening in the history of chess, and it's certainly the most popular at every level. From the first move Black claims his share in the centre and constructs an asymmetrical pawn structure. Its greatest attraction is that it allows Black to unbalance the position and play for a win, without having to take any unjustified risks. Its many variations range from the super-solid Scheveningen to the dangerous and ultra-sharp Dragon: it should be easy to find one that suits your style. In this user-friendly book, Grandmaster John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian Defence and its many variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

·User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
·Concentrates on the key principles of the Sicilian
·Ideal for the improving player

John Emms is one of Britain's strongest Grandmasters and is a member of the English national team. He now has many works to his name, including The Survival Guide to Rook Endings and Attacking with 1 e4, while he is also a co-author of the very popular openings bible Nunn 's Chess Openings.

OTHER BOOKS IN SERIES
Starting Out: The King's Indian
Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian
Starting Out: The French

SIMILAR BOOKS DEALING WITH THIS SUBJECT
Improve Your Opening Play (Chris Ward), Everyman (March 2000)
Mastering the Sicilian (Danny Kopec), Batsford (2000)
The Sicilian Defence is perhaps the most famous opening in the history of chess, and it's certainly the most popular at every level. From the first move Black claims his share in the centre and constructs an asymmetrical pawn structure. Its greatest attraction is that it allows Black to unbalance the position and play for a win, without having to take any unjustified risks. Its many variations range from the super-solid Scheveningen to the dangerous and ultra-sharp Dragon: it should be easy to find one that suits your style. In this user-friendly book, Grandmaster John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian Defence and its many variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

· User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
· Concentrates on the key principles of the Sicilian
· Ideal for the improving player

John Emms is one of Britain's strongest Grandmasters and is a member of the English national team. He now has many works to his name, including The Survival Guide to Rook Endings and Attacking with 1 e4, while he is also a co-author of the very popular openings bible Nunn 's Chess Openings.

OTHER BOOKS IN SERIES
Starting Out: The King's Indian
Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian
Starting Out: The French

SIMILAR BOOKS DEALING WITH THIS SUBJECT
Improve Your Opening Play (Chris Ward), Everyman (March 2000)
Mastering the Sicilian (Danny Kopec), Batsford (2000)
More Information
EAN 9781857442496
Weight 350 g
Manufacturer Everyman
Width 12.9 cm
Height 18.3 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 2002
Author John Emms
Series Starting Out
Language English
Edition 1
ISBN-10 1857442490
ISBN-13 9781857442496
Pages 174
Binding paperback
006 Bibliography
007 Introduction

010 The Dragon Variation
030 The Najdorf Variation
052 The Scheveningen Variation
074 The Sveshnikov Variation
089 The Classical Variation
106 Other Open Sicilians
134 Bb5 Systems
146 The c3 Sicilian
159 Other Systems

174 Solutions to Exercises

Unter dem Namen "Starting out" erscheint hier gleich eine ganze Reihe von neuen Büchern, die jeweils speziell für schwächere Spieler eine bestimmte Eröffnung anschaulich und gut verständlich aufbereiten.
Darüber hinaus liegt uns auch schon der zweite Band vor, der sich mit der sizilianischen Verteidigung beschäftigt. Das oben gesagte (siehe "LOGALTKI") gilt praktisch auch unverändert für "The Sicilian".
Wieder hat man mit John Emms einen prominenten Autoren mit dieser nicht ganz einfachen Aufgabe betraut, und wieder gelingt es diesem, die Eröffnung und ihre verschiedenen Varianten klar und leicht verständlich zu vermitteln.
Der Aufbau entspricht fast dem Vorgänger: Wieder gibt es zu jedem Abschnitt Einführungen in die jeweilige Variante, die weiteren Strategien für beide Seiten werden hier jedoch in einem speziellen Abschnitt besprochen.
Es folgen wiederum Ergänzungen zu Theorieumfang und Statistiken sowie natürlich die kommentierten Musterpartien, diesmal sind es 59 in 26 "Hauptvarianten".
Alles an allem kann man beiden Büchern eine sehr schöne und anschauliche Zusammenfassung der ausufernden Theorie bescheinigen, die ein sinnvolles, weil auf Verständnis beruhendes Erlernen der Eröffnungen ermöglichen.
Auch die Vielfalt und Tiefe des Materials dürfte vielen Spielern für längere Zeit ausreichen, bevor dann der Weg zu einem intensiveren Eröffnungsstudium zu spezieller Eröffnungsliteratur führen wird.
Übrigens sind bereits weitere Bände der "Starting out" - Reihe über Französisch, Nimzo-Indisch, Caro-Kann und Damengambit in Vorbereitung.

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