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The Sicilian is far and away the most popular chess opening. The reason is obvious: it enables Black to fight for victory without taking excessive risks. The Sicilian scores well in practice and is a firm favourite with players of all standards.

Given both the Sicilian's fearsome reputation and the amount of theoretical preparation required to tackle it head-on, many players prefer to side-step the Open Sicilian with one of the Anti-Sicilian systems at White's disposal. These include:

•  Positionally motivated lines such as the 2.c3 Sicilian and the 3.Bb5 systems
  
• Slow but tricky attacking lines including the Closed Sicilian and the King's Indian Attack
  
• Aggressive but loosening ideas like the Grand Prix Attack and a variety of gambits
  

 This book equips Black to fight against all these lines. In the most critical variations, Rogozenko provides a choice between a solid and an aggressive option. He caters for those who meet 2.Nf3 with the three main moves, 2...d6, 2...e6 and 2...Nc6.

Dorian Rogozenko is a young but experienced grandmaster from Moldava who lives in Romania. He plays in the German, Romanian and Dutch leagues and has represented his country on a high board at four Chess Olympiads. Rogozenko also qualified for the 2001 FIDE World Championship and is a recognized expert on opening theory. He regularly provides popular online training sessions at the ChessBase web site. This is his first chess book.