Beat the Sicilian: Alapin - Other 2nd moves (2...e6, 2...g6, 2...e5)

Key lines

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

1. Main Line

   … 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. g4 Nh6 11. Rg1

2. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. dxc5 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Be3

3. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2

4. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. h3

5. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Qa5 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Bd2

6. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d6

7. 2...g6

   … 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3

8. 2...e5

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

9. 2...e5

   … 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qf3 Qxg5 9. Bxd5 Nd8 10. O-O Qe7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bf4

10. 2...e5

    … 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O

11. 2...e5

    … 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nc2

12. 2...e5

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

13. 3...d5

    … 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5

14. 3...d5

    … 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1

15. 3...d5

    … 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3

16. 3...d5

    … 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5

17. 6...Bb4+

    … 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O

18. 6...Qb6

    … 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. a3