78 Sicilian defense openers

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78 Sicilian defense openers
Compiled by Littlejohn

by Peter Trujillo

- Our attitude determines our altitude. If you think you can, or you think you cannot, you're right. The man who wins is the man who thinks he can. - Always play the percentages. Don't be a riverboat gambler. - Be sound, steady. Give your opponent an opportunity to screw up and hand you the game. - Don't beat yourself. Victory favors the team that makes the fewest mistakes. - Most battles are won before they're ever fought through preparation beforehand. - Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. - Luck is when preparation and alertness, readiness to respond at a moment's notice, meets opportunity. Sometimes you find yourself in the right place at the right time because you're actively searching. - Life is 10% what happens and 90% how I respond. - Fight to the last gasp.
- The difference between a champ and a chump is you.

Winning is a process and an art form that includes losing on occasion1. Here are some tips on how to win with dignity and lose with grace:

Own up to your mistakes, accept responsibility and commit to the process of growth and change1.

Show humility in winning and dignity on losing2.

Show respect to whomever or whatever has defeated you3.

Bow out gracefully, praise the skills of the winner

* http://wiinworldwide.com/2017/02/07...

Plan for Ideal Piece Placement (Centralize, Advance) to gain material or maintain lasting pressure. How will my piece be threatened on its new square? Forked, Pinned, or Prodded? - Which units are unprotected, cannot not move? Should I aim at them, or first prevent their movement/advancement? - Crushing checks often land on unoccupied squares that seem unimportant. You must check all checks from the kings spoke outward. - Slow down, count ALL your cards carefully -- not just the obvious ones; pay attention to all maybes (don't overlook possibilities). Know the count. What is my opponent aiming at now, or next turn? Know the count. - Don't initiate a capture if the recapture improves the opponent's piece. This often occurs when knight protects knight or rook protects rook. - Maintain and pile up on pinned targets, tied defenders, any defendants. - Activate/improve/outpost your piece(s) & connect batteries/crossfire. Give every piece a job. - Consider cramping/removal pawn thrusts. However, putting the question seems threatening but may chase a piece to a better square gaining the initiative. - Gain space to crash through or avoid lateral passivity, as rescuers often come from across the way. - Inflict an isolated pawn (island). Liquidate weak pawns.

Zdravko or Zurab

Showing respect to someone can be done in many ways. Here are some tips on how to show respect to others:

Listen actively to other people and offer assistance, acknowledge their achievements, and empathize with their opinions.

Disagree politely, apologize when you're in the wrong, and follow through on your promises to build a positive connection with others.

Show self-respect by treating yourself with compassion and avoiding self-destructive behaviors.

Practice active listening to show you respect others. Watch and be quiet when someone else is talking, and spend time thinking about what they're saying. Nod your head and ask follow-up questions to stay engaged in the conversation.

Affirm people's opinions. Let them know that they matter. When you're talking to someone, reinforce and validate their opinions in your own words.

Empathize with different perspectives. You might not understand it, but you can respect it. If you're talking with someone and you disagree on something, don't take it personally. Try to remember that everyone has a different background, and the person you're talking to has their own reasons for thinking whatever they think.

"Learn to play many roles, to be whatever the moment requires. Adapt your mask to the situation." ― Robert Greene

"Get a great education. That is something that no one can take away from you." ― Margie Hammargren, former CIA agent, 101 years old

Why is England the wettest country? Because the queen reigned there for decades.

Head And Tail
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A brown trout?

Answer: A Penny.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10.

Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness, can any business seem more fitted to heighten it than that of continually handling these dead letters and assorting them for the flames? For by the cart-load they are annually burned. Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring: - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity: - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death. Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! — Herman Melville

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ― Thomas A. Edison

"Learning from our mistakes is critical for improving, but even I don't have patience for ranking my regrets. Regret is a negative emotion that inhibits the optimism required to take on new challenges. You risk living in an alternative universe, z where if only you had done this or that differently, things would be better. That's a poor substitute for making your actual life better, or improving the lives of others. Regret briefly, analyze and understand, and then move on, improving the only life you have." ― Garry Kasparov

You know there's no official training for trash collectors? They just pick things up as they go along.

<Luke 8:16-18 New King James Version The Parable of the Revealed Light

Jesus said:
16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.">

"The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either." — Aristotle

"A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior — mentally or otherwise." — Captain Kirk

"Now, I don't pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for!" — Edith Keeler

"Live long and prosper!" — Spock

"The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities." — Charles Dickens

Calories 160

Zardus Szalanczy &Perez butz bach

When you die, what part of the body dies last? The pupils… they dilate.

05
P Michel vs J T Iliesco, 1943
(B50) Sicilian, 5 moves, 1-0
05
I Suhin vs Mirosnitsenko, 1979
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 5 moves, 1-0
06
J McGrouther vs R McCann, 1893
(B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
06
Granter vs Haily, 1984
(B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 0-1 LPDO
NN vs B Pandolfini, 1967
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 6 moves, 0-1
06
Deming vs Cornell, 1980
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 6 moves, 1-0
06
B Wall vs S Millimaci, 1987
(B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
Simons says "7...Qa5+ was a Lowe blow."
A Simons vs E Lowe, 1849
(B20) Sicilian, 7 moves, 0-1
07
Szabo vs B Sooky, 1946
(B56) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
07
I Levitina vs Goltsova, 1978
(B30) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
07
J Van Hoorebeke vs M de Bolster, 1984
(B50) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
07
F Rechi Perez vs E Grassi, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
07
L Rellstab vs Butzbach, 1968
(B50) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
07
H Andruschak vs L Strull, 1986
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 7 moves, 1-0
The tactical refutation of premature 6...Ng4.
V Borsony vs A Laustsen, 1956
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 7 moves, 1-0
"The Smith-Morra Gambit at its finest..."
D Zardus vs A Steventon, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
08
B Thelen vs NN, 1930
(B30) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
08
H Ullrich vs NN, 1952
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 8 moves, 1-0
08
Suetin vs P Travnicek, 1975
(B50) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
08
D Smith vs E Heiny, 1974
(B40) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
08
Margave vs NN, 1976
(B40) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
08
D Pelan vs M Hand, 1981
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 8 moves, 1-0
08
Kruza vs Kotasa, 1986
(B32) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
09
Van der Wiel vs J van Mil, 1977
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 9 moves, 1-0
09
E Naiditsch vs A Draeger, 2000
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
09
G Schnitzler vs Hardung, 1862
(B30) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Schult vs Dax, 1941
(B50) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Schestakov vs Gusseinow, 1967
(B56) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
M de Bolster vs NN, 1970
(B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
G Welling vs Brinkhorst, 1980
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
09
M Tseitlin vs I Taimanov, 1981
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 9 moves, 1-0
09
B Ivanovic vs I Grigic, 1982
(B27) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Schalkow vs Bogun, 1983
(B32) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Gurejev vs Boiko, 1983
(B44) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Z Veroci vs E Kondou, 1984
(B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Berecky vs Sonderso, 1986
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Toth vs L Csuri, 1988
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 9 moves, 1-0
09
J Hector vs J Vidarsson, 1996
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 9 moves, 1-0
09
J L Alvarez del Monte vs C Hounie Fleurquin, 1961
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Karlstrom vs Simmens, 1967
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
B Wall vs R Monahan, 1972
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
09
B Wall vs J Friedrichsen, 1974
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
09
Janisek vs Berces, 1976
(B27) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
09
W Godoy Neto vs K Banas, 1993
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
09
J Mysulka vs M Vagner, 1994
(B40) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
10
E Lubarsky vs L Christiansen, 1982
(B57) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
L Schmid vs W Sahlmann, 1948
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sic Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 The farther you get from home.....
E Kostopoulos vs E Kerimov, 2001
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def Modern (B22) 1-0 Sting in tail Bxb7
F Kuznetsov vs A Kohut, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Nc7
G Schebler vs M Becker, 2001
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Discovery puts Qc7 under fire
M Simes vs C Scala, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Modern (B50) 1-0 Legall's Mate variant
H Buckle vs NN, 1840
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
G Thomas vs E Sapira, 1932
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Morphy G. Andreaschek G (B21) 1-0 Spearhead Qxf7+
S Crakanthorp vs H N Maddox, 1933
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Portisch vs Oravez, 1952
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
10
I A Horowitz vs Plankart, 1958
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
10
[game 1243220 deleted]
10
H Humburg vs W Mandel, 1965
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Waserski vs Godes, 1975
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0
10
B Hammer vs Boldt, 1977
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 10 moves, 1-0
10
L Mischke vs Miarczynski, 1981
(B32) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
J Aulin-Jansson vs F Berend, 1982
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
E Szalanczy vs A Wallner, 1982
(B56) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Bjesman vs Minosjan, 1982
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
G Lane vs J Flesch, 1983
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Jakowlew vs Chalmanski, 1984
(B33) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Koronghi vs Szemegyi, 1985
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
L Smith vs Y Nagel, 1985
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 10 moves, 1-0
10
J Segovia vs H Martin, 1986
(B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
G Wetscherek vs H Erhart, 1992
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
L Kurtesch vs Berta, 1958
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Aronin vs Kantarovich, 1960
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Fischer vs Auner, 1960
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Fuller vs K Ozols, 1965
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
P Shields vs R Spiers, 1970
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0
10
C Maddigan vs NN, 1970
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
T Wozney vs B Costaras, 1974
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
10
B South vs T Neshan, 1980
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Apra vs Furini, 1980
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Fetzer vs Schmidt, 1951
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Hardesty vs Lee Koppe, 1982
(B32) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Beissel vs Winborn, 1985
(B56) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Flores vs Homan, 1986
(B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
B Wall vs K Saint Amant, 1991
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Smirin vs Y Afek, 1992
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
10
Y Dembo vs V Pejnovic, 1994
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian O'Kelly Yerevan System (B28) 1-0 Wasting time w/the Q
P Sochorova vs J Manak, 1995
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
10
S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
11
G Schnitzler vs Eberle, 1861
(B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
A graphic exploitation of a dark-squared weakness by Bernstein
O Bernstein vs NN, 1927
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 11 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Classical Var (B57) 1-0 Mini: Hit f7 or it's defender!
C Zuidema vs H Ree, 1967
(B56) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
11
P Petrovic vs S Lamoureux, 1989
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 11 moves, 1-0
"You're In Treybal Now" (game of the day Oct-07-2010)
K Treybal vs J Rejfir, 1933
(B40) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
It is remarkable how tricky the 6 f4 line is.
R Nezhmetdinov vs P Ermolin, 1946
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 1-0
Bagirov vs A Movshovich, 1960
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 15 moves, 1-0
A devastating finale by Tarrasch!
A Reggio vs Tarrasch, 1902
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 15 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Open. Riga Variation (C80) 1-0 Boden's # miniature
B Pandolfini vs NN, 1970
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 15 moves, 1-0
Game 64 Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Delayed Keres Attack (B81) 1-0
Topalov vs Van Wely, 1999
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical General (B83) 1-0
Eliskases vs W Ritson-Morry, 1937
(B83) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82) 1-0
Tal vs Andreopoulas, 1988
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 1-0
Geller vs K Georgiev, 1988
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Scheveningen. Classical. Paulsen Var (B85) 1-0 13.?
Lasker vs Pirc, 1935
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 14 of 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov vs C Kottnauer, 1946
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 21 moves, 1-0
Wild. Petrosian sacrifices the queen. PETROSIAN.
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
The Bishop/Rook combo in the corner
P Carlsson vs J Campos Moreno, 2006
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 0-1 N just takes P
R Sanguineti vs Fischer, 1958
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 25 moves, 0-1
Acclrated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Gurgenidze Var (B36) 0-1 28...?
Geller vs P Ostojic, 1969
(B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 28 moves, 0-1
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909-1974)
C H Alexander vs Z Milev, 1954
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 1-0
A truly seminal Smyslov game regarding the power of a knight on
Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945
(B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
An early example of Fischer using the Sozin attack.
Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
19 Rg7xh7? 0-0! is standard 0-0-0 tactical trick played by 0-0
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2007
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1
The Dragon Variation/Yugoslav Attack (Game 1) p.13
D Minic vs P N Lee, 1964
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian vs. 2.Na3 (B20) 1-0 Paper Tiger is a wood pusher
E Nemeth vs Chess Tiger, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
28 Rf4?? Qxb2?? 29 Qf8+! x-ray down the f-file
A Thorgrimsdottir vs M Stefanidi, 2003
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
"The Boy Who Would be King" (game of the day May-05-2006)
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Dragon. Levenfish (B71) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Guard
A Moiseenko vs M Moskwinski, 2010
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) 1-0 Windmill!
T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
24...Ne5!! saves Black's game
Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Kasparov 13-0 against Gelfand!
Kasparov vs Gelfand, 1993
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 25 moves, 1-0
Fischer takes advantage of tripled pawns by opponent
Fischer vs Benko, 1959
(B57) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97) 0-1
S Garcia Martinez vs K Grigorian, 1980
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 correspondence
F Smrcka vs K E Engel, 1965
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack (B20) 0-1 trapped queen
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1843
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B96) 0-1 Consultation game
S Gligoric / J Penrose vs M Tal / H Golombek, 1964
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B45) 0-1 Rob the Pinned Queen
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1919
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 14 moves, 0-1
Vishy Anand sacrifices away to glory !
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: French Variation (B40) 1-0 Q sac for a Ns roller
H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach, 1861
(B40) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 casual game, sacrificial attack
Anderssen vs J Pinedo, 1861
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
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