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First edition 20 11 by Quality Chess UK Ltd
Copyright© 20 1 1 Jacob Aagaard
&
John Shaw
Experts on the Anti-Sicilian
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Key to symbols used
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hite is slightly better
Black is slightly better
+ White is better
+ Black is better
+- White has a decisive advantage
-+ Black has a decisive advantage
=
equality
with compensation
� with counterplay
D
unclear
? a weak move
?? a blunder
a good move
!! an excellent move
!? a move worth considering
?! a move of doubtful value
D
only move
#
mate
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Introduction
Experts vs. the Sicilian was invented in a brainstorming session-turned-argument in 2004. Together
with Learnrom the Legends by Mihail Marin, it was the irst release fr om Quality Chess. We liked
the fo rmat and so did the public, so it was natural to return to it at some point. hat it would take
seven years is a surprise, but the right idea did not exist before then.
Experts on the Anti-Sicilian includes articles fr om many writers, all of them grandmasters (with
the exception ofAndrew Greet who prefers to just write like one...) and all of them experienced
in their ield. he fo cus is a bit diferent from the irst Experts book where hite went out with
all guns blazing in the main lines, hoping fo r an advantage against some of the best openings of
our day.
he anti-Sicilian lines do not have as strong a theoretical reputation as the Open lines (which
are characterized by 2.Df3, 3.d4 4.Dxd4 and 5.Dc3 in reply to almost anything) but anti-Sicilians
are played in roughly a third of all games that start 1.e4 c5. Success in this area ofopening theory
is important fo r everyone playing the Sicilian, with hite or with Black.
his book, like the previous Experts volume, was written by the authors as they wanted to write
it. Most ofthem have fo llowed the traditional ABC fo rmat, while others have decided to put their
own lavour on things. Beyond this, some chapters are repertoires ofering (mainly) Black suitable
advice against a certain line; while others have a more holistic approach, investigating (sometimes
deeply) lines in every direction.
he authors and their articles are:
GM Boris Avrh was al ready fa mous as a player before his surname became a verb (coined
by
tr
Yu supov) in the wake of his two-volume repertoire on l.d4: Grandmaster Repertoire
1
Grandmaster Repertoire2 (20 10). "To Avrukh your opponent" is to play a theoretical
improvement irst suggested by Boris. Boris recently won the ChessPublishing "Opening Book of
the Ye ar fo r 20 I 0" (for GM2), became the coach of the Israeli national team and is just about
to publish his repertoire book fo r Black Grandmaster Repertoire
&
8:
he Grun e ld Dence, Quality
Chess 201 1. His chapter heGr an d Pri x Att ack
ih
3 ...e6 gives a fa scinating repertoire fo r
Black against 2.Dc3 Dc6 3.f4.
GM Jaco b Ag ard has won the ChessCa e Book of the Ye ar prize (Exceling at Chess, 2002)
and the English Chess Federation and Guardian Book of the Ye ar awards (Attacking Manual
1
Attacking Manual2, 20 10). As a player he has won the British Championship and several
opens. A Cl sical Reprtoir e gin st 2. c3 gives a complete repertoire fo r Black ater 2...Jf6,
excluding irrelevant stuf such as 3.d3, 3.�c2 and other nonsense...
(2008)
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