Beat the Sicilian: Alapin - 2...Nf6 Lines
Let's learn the 2...Nf6 Lines! Black develops the knight to attack our e4 pawn, then retreats it to d5 after our push. We develop naturally and press Black's knight on d5 with our bishop. Let's begin with 1.e4.
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The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.
- Main Line
… 9... Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Na3
- 4...d6
… 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 Ndb4 7. a3 Qa5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. axb4 Qxa1 10. bxc5 dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be2 Nc2+ 13. Kf1
- 4...d6
… 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 dxe5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nxe5 Qd6 9. O-O
- 4...d6
… 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc4 dxe5 11. Ncxe5 Qc7 12. O-O
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d4 Nb6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Qe2
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. d4
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Qe2
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4
- 4...e6
… 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2
- 5...e6
… 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Nb6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Qe2
- 5...e6
… 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2
- 6...d5
… 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 exd6 8. d4 c4 9. Bc2 d5 10. O-O
- 6...d5
… 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. a4 Qd7 11. a5 Nd5 12. d4
- 6...d6
… 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 exd6 8. d4 c4 9. Bc2 d5 10. O-O
- 7...d5
… 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Na3
- 7...Qc7
… 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. O-O Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 e6 12. d3
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