Khalifman/Soloviov: Squeezing the Sicilian - Alapin Variation SN_required true The Chess GPS 2

The Chess GPS 2

Uwe Bekemann

This book helps the reader to solve the basic problems of the middlegame: space

e4: We are of course talking about the Najdorf Variation in the Sicilian Defense

Black plays 1

Khalifman/Soloviov: Squeezing the Sicilian - Alapin Variation SN_required true The Chess GPS 2Advance with d2 d4, build a solid pawn centre and then dictate the play. In the Alapine 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).