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Beat the Sicilian: Alapin - 2...e6, g6, d6, e5, a6 — Sidelines

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2...e6, g6, d6, e5, a6 — Sidelines: position after 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4
Position after 10. Bf4

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6

    Black avoids the sharp theory but gives us a comfortable edge right away.

  2. 3. d4

    Perfect pawn center locked in, with smooth piece development ahead.

  3. 3... cxd4

    Black trades away the center tension and gives us the perfect c3 square for our knight.

  4. 4. cxd4

    There it is, our ideal pawn duo controlling the center.

  5. 4... Nf6 5. Nc3

    Black's early trade backfires here since we develop with tempo, defending e4 naturally.

  6. 5... g6 6. h3

    This stops annoying Bg4 pins and keeps f3 available for our pieces.

  7. 6... Bg7 7. Bb5+

    We mess up Black's smooth development plan, forcing them to make a choice before castling.

  8. 7... Bd7 8. e5 dxe5

    Black recaptures in the center. Just so you know, 8...Bxb5 9.exf6 Bxf6 10.Nxb5 looks tempting but drops a piece immediately.

  9. 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4

    We lock down the e5 pawn and keep Black's knight stranded on the back rank.

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4

  2. 2...e6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxd5 Bb6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Qe4

  3. 2...e6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. a3 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bb2

  4. 2...e5

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4

  5. 2...e5

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3

  6. 2...g6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nh6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b3

  7. 2...g6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O

  8. 2...a6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5

  9. 3...Nf6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxe4 dxc5 7. Bc4

  10. 5...a6

    1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4

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