CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms and Lithuania

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The merits of the famous coach in this opening are that he worked out a complete scheme for how to play against the doubled pawns after taking on c6

Tony MIles

The Petroff Defense

CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms and LithuaniaThe Basman Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. After the perfectly normal moves 1. e4 c5, 2. Nf3 e6, 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning chess opening system. The advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it requires