Author: José Carlos
Date: 02:03:08 10/29/02
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On October 28, 2002 at 09:51:07, Dan Andersson wrote: >Objectively speaking black played a blunder at move two. 2... d5 is dead equal, >not that 2... Nf6 is such a bad move either it is equal but allows white some >space. Then 5... d6 is better than 5... b6 and white has an easy game. This kind >of opening tomfoolery I'm always happy to play against. The plain facts of it is >that the 2. c3 variation in the Sicilian is a waste of time. It is mainly an >anti-theoretical line. But by now it is well known theory. > >MvH Dan Andersson Maybe it's a dead draw at top GM level, but at 2100-2200 FIDE is allows an interesting game. I'm played it a million times with white, and I'm very happy with it. The variation with ...d5 gives white the chance to play a d4 isolated pawn position, rich in piece activity or a pawn majority in the queenside (3 vs 2) which is rock solid and unconfortable for black to defend the endgame. As for the ...Nf6 variation, in my experience, it gives a more tactical midgame, also very interesting. But then again, this is at low level. Maybe GM's don't ever play c3 because it's a dead draw... José C.
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