As Black

Sicilian Defence · Advanced

The most combative answer to 1.e4: ...c5 fights for d4 from the flank and creates unbalanced positions.

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Lines

1. Open · 4...e5 5.Nxc6

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4

2. Open · 5...d6 6.c4

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Be6

3. Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Bg5 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.Nce3 O-O

4. Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack · 3...g6 4.Bxc6

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7

5. 3...e6 4.c3

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.O-O Bd6

6. Grand Prix Attack

   1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 a6

7. Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack · 4...Bg7 5.Re1

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4

8. 3...e6 4.O-O

   1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Be7 6.c3 O-O

9. Closed

   1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Nd4

10. Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack · 4...Bg7 5.c3

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5