The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian improvers The Open Games 39

The Open Games 39

weak pawns and

he will be sure to recognize and avoid when he encounters them at the board

B - Intermediate moves

reanalysis and refining have gone into putting together the study book for the practical player with the most value ever

The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian improvers The Open Games 39A new weapon for White: 1. e4 c5 2. b3 vs. Sicilian! The English IM Lawrence Trent is a self professed "anti Sicilian". He dedicates his new DVD to the rare 2. b3, which has already been successfully tried out by Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Apart from the fact that this style of play is extremely flexible and easy to learn, in practice it makes it extremely difficult for Black to position his pieces in the way he is used to in "his" Sicilian.