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Squeezing the Sicilian: The Alapin Variation - Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Soloviov (K-5887)
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In the Alapin System White's strategic idea is extremely simple. He prepares to advance with d2-d4, to build a solid pawn centre and then dictate the play. He will have to pay for this with the fact that his queen's knight has been deprived of the best square for its development, but it may have other suitable squares (in many variations this will be not the d2-square but a3).
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| Language versions | English |
| Author / Authors | Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Soloviov |
| Publisher | Chess Stars |
| Year of Publication | 1st edition 2020 |
| Pages | 456 |
| ISBN | 9786197188288 |
| Hardcover | No |
| Paperback | Yes |
| Downloadable | No |
| Width | 14.5 cm / 5.71 inch |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
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Secondly, it very often happens that after d4 cxd4 cxd4, White's queen's knight still gets access to its best square on c3. The modern evaluation of this system is that Black has comfortable enough lines in which he can obtain an acceptable game.
The authors try to prove that not all of these lines are equally good.
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Content
007 Preface
1.e4 c5 2.c3
Part 1.
014 1) Rare; A) 2...Qc7; B) 2...Qa5; C) 2...Nc6
028 2) 2...b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Bd3
050 3) 2...g6 3.d4
065 4) 2...a6 3.Nf3
085 5) 2...e5 3.Nf3
095 6) 2...d6 3.d4
124 7) 2...e6 3.d4
Part 2. 2...d5 3.exd5
169 8) A) 3...Nf6; B) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 Bf5; 4...e5
175 9) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 g6 5.Nf3
183 10) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 cd 5.cd e5; 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4; 6...e5
195 11) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 cd 5.cd e6 6.Nc3 w/o Nc6; 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3
235 12) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3
244 13) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3
270 14) 3...Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3
Part 3. 2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3
310 15) 4...g6; 4...b6; 4...a6; 4...d6
320 16) 4...e6 5.Bc4 Nc6; 5...b6; 5...Nc7; 5...Nb6
350 17) 4...e6 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 Nc6; 6...Be7; 6...de; 6...cd 7.cd de; 7...Bd7
A) 7...Nb6; B) 7...Be7 (w/o Nc6); C) 7...Nc6 (w/o Be7)
375 18) 4...e6 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cd 7.cd Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2
402 19) 4...Nc6 5.d4 e6; 5...cd 6.cd g6; 6...d6 7.Bc4 de 8.de
414 20) 4...Nc6 5.d4 cd 6.cd d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3; 8.Bb5
450 Index of Variations