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[td]*2.Na3 is an eccentric move recently returned to prominence by GM [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] at the 2005 Russian Chess Championship Superfinal. He used it three times during the tournament, drawing twice and beating [[Alexander Khalifman]].[/td] [td]*2.Qh5, threatening the c-pawn as in the [[Wayward Queen Attack]], was played twice in 2005 by [[Hikaru Nakamura]], but the move is considered dubious. Simply 2...Nf6 gives Black a comfortable position after 3.Qxc5 Nxe4, while 3.Qh4 displaces the queen and loses time. Nakamura lost in 23 moves to [[Andrei Volokitin]] in 2005, and Neil McDonald criticised the opening experiment as "rather foolish".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092500990.html |title=Lubomir Kavalek β CHESS Lubomir Kavalek |first=Lubomir|last=Kavalek |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=3 May 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>[/td]
[td]*2.Qh5, threatening the c-pawn as in the [[Wayward Queen Attack]], was played twice in 2005 by [[Hikaru Nakamura]], but the move is considered dubious. Simply 2...Nf6 gives Black a comfortable position after 3.Qxc5 Nxe4, while 3.Qh4 displaces the queen and loses time. Nakamura lost in 23 moves to [[Andrei Volokitin]] in 2005, and Neil McDonald criticised the opening experiment as "rather foolish".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092500990.html |title=Lubomir Kavalek β CHESS Lubomir Kavalek |first=Lubomir|last=Kavalek |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=3 May 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>[/td] [td]*2.a3, the Mengarini Variation, is similar to the [[Wing Gambit]], the idea being to play 3.b4 next move.[/td]
[td]{{anchor|Sicilian Mengarini Variation}}*2.a3, the Mengarini Variation, is similar to the [[Wing Gambit]], the idea being to play 3.b4 next move.[/td] [td]*2.b3 followed by 3.Bb2 is the Snyder Variation, named for [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] [[chess master|master]] Robert M. Snyder.<ref>{{cite book |title=Snyder Sicilian: A Complete Opening System β 2. P-QN3 Versus the Sicilian |last=Snyder |first=Robert |year=1977 |publisher=Ron's Postal Chess Club}}</ref> It has been used occasionally by [[Nigel Short]] and is a favourite of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] GM [[Tamaz Gelashvili]].[/td]
[td]*2.b3 followed by 3.Bb2 is the Snyder Variation, named for [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] [[chess master|master]] Robert M. Snyder.<ref>{{cite book |title=Snyder Sicilian: A Complete Opening System β 2. P-QN3 Versus the Sicilian |last=Snyder |first=Robert |year=1977 |publisher=Ron's Postal Chess Club}}</ref> It has been used occasionally by [[Nigel Short]] and is a favourite of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] GM [[Tamaz Gelashvili]].[/td] [td]*2.Bc4 is the [[Thomas Bowdler|Bowdler]] Attack, and though once played at the highest level, is popular today only among club players or beginners who are unfamiliar with the Sicilian and are looking either to attack the weak f7 pawn or to prepare for a quick kingside castle. However, after a move such as 2...e6, Black will soon play ...d5 and open up the centre while gaining time by attacking the bishop. [[Adolf Anderssen|Anderssen]]β[[Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player)|Wyvill]], London 1851, continued 2...e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.f4 0-0 9.Bd2 d5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4, and now [[Andrew Soltis|Soltis]] recommends 11...cxd4! 12.Ne2 Bd7!<ref>Andy Soltis, ''The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories'', Chilton Book Company, 1975, pp. 17β18. {{ISBN|0-8019-6138-6}}.</ref>[/td]
[td]*2.Bc4 is the [[Thomas Bowdler|Bowdler]] Attack, and though once played at the highest level, is popular today only among club players or beginners who are unfamiliar with the Sicilian and are looking either to attack the weak f7 pawn or to prepare for a quick kingside castle. However, after a move such as 2...e6, Black will soon play ...d5 and open up the centre while gaining time by attacking the bishop. [[Adolf Anderssen|Anderssen]]β[[Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player)|Wyvill]], London 1851, continued 2...e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.f4 0-0 9.Bd2 d5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4, and now [[Andrew Soltis|Soltis]] recommends 11...cxd4! 12.Ne2 Bd7!<ref>Andy Soltis, ''The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories'', Chilton Book Company, 1975, pp. 17β18. {{ISBN|0-8019-6138-6}}.</ref>[/td]
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[td]*2.Na3 is an eccentric move recently returned to prominence by GM [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] at the 2005 Russian Chess Championship Superfinal. He used it three times during the tournament, drawing twice and beating [[Alexander Khalifman]].[/td]Revision as of 07:57, 31 August 2025
[/td][td]*2.Na3 is an eccentric move recently returned to prominence by GM [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] at the 2005 Russian Chess Championship Superfinal. He used it three times during the tournament, drawing twice and beating [[Alexander Khalifman]].[/td] [td]*2.Qh5, threatening the c-pawn as in the [[Wayward Queen Attack]], was played twice in 2005 by [[Hikaru Nakamura]], but the move is considered dubious. Simply 2...Nf6 gives Black a comfortable position after 3.Qxc5 Nxe4, while 3.Qh4 displaces the queen and loses time. Nakamura lost in 23 moves to [[Andrei Volokitin]] in 2005, and Neil McDonald criticised the opening experiment as "rather foolish".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092500990.html |title=Lubomir Kavalek β CHESS Lubomir Kavalek |first=Lubomir|last=Kavalek |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=3 May 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>[/td]
[td]*2.Qh5, threatening the c-pawn as in the [[Wayward Queen Attack]], was played twice in 2005 by [[Hikaru Nakamura]], but the move is considered dubious. Simply 2...Nf6 gives Black a comfortable position after 3.Qxc5 Nxe4, while 3.Qh4 displaces the queen and loses time. Nakamura lost in 23 moves to [[Andrei Volokitin]] in 2005, and Neil McDonald criticised the opening experiment as "rather foolish".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092500990.html |title=Lubomir Kavalek β CHESS Lubomir Kavalek |first=Lubomir|last=Kavalek |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=3 May 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>[/td] [td]*2.a3, the Mengarini Variation, is similar to the [[Wing Gambit]], the idea being to play 3.b4 next move.[/td]
[td]{{anchor|Sicilian Mengarini Variation}}*2.a3, the Mengarini Variation, is similar to the [[Wing Gambit]], the idea being to play 3.b4 next move.[/td] [td]*2.b3 followed by 3.Bb2 is the Snyder Variation, named for [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] [[chess master|master]] Robert M. Snyder.<ref>{{cite book |title=Snyder Sicilian: A Complete Opening System β 2. P-QN3 Versus the Sicilian |last=Snyder |first=Robert |year=1977 |publisher=Ron's Postal Chess Club}}</ref> It has been used occasionally by [[Nigel Short]] and is a favourite of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] GM [[Tamaz Gelashvili]].[/td]
[td]*2.b3 followed by 3.Bb2 is the Snyder Variation, named for [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] [[chess master|master]] Robert M. Snyder.<ref>{{cite book |title=Snyder Sicilian: A Complete Opening System β 2. P-QN3 Versus the Sicilian |last=Snyder |first=Robert |year=1977 |publisher=Ron's Postal Chess Club}}</ref> It has been used occasionally by [[Nigel Short]] and is a favourite of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] GM [[Tamaz Gelashvili]].[/td] [td]*2.Bc4 is the [[Thomas Bowdler|Bowdler]] Attack, and though once played at the highest level, is popular today only among club players or beginners who are unfamiliar with the Sicilian and are looking either to attack the weak f7 pawn or to prepare for a quick kingside castle. However, after a move such as 2...e6, Black will soon play ...d5 and open up the centre while gaining time by attacking the bishop. [[Adolf Anderssen|Anderssen]]β[[Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player)|Wyvill]], London 1851, continued 2...e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.f4 0-0 9.Bd2 d5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4, and now [[Andrew Soltis|Soltis]] recommends 11...cxd4! 12.Ne2 Bd7!<ref>Andy Soltis, ''The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories'', Chilton Book Company, 1975, pp. 17β18. {{ISBN|0-8019-6138-6}}.</ref>[/td]
[td]*2.Bc4 is the [[Thomas Bowdler|Bowdler]] Attack, and though once played at the highest level, is popular today only among club players or beginners who are unfamiliar with the Sicilian and are looking either to attack the weak f7 pawn or to prepare for a quick kingside castle. However, after a move such as 2...e6, Black will soon play ...d5 and open up the centre while gaining time by attacking the bishop. [[Adolf Anderssen|Anderssen]]β[[Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player)|Wyvill]], London 1851, continued 2...e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.f4 0-0 9.Bd2 d5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4, and now [[Andrew Soltis|Soltis]] recommends 11...cxd4! 12.Ne2 Bd7!<ref>Andy Soltis, ''The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories'', Chilton Book Company, 1975, pp. 17β18. {{ISBN|0-8019-6138-6}}.</ref>[/td]
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