The Lazy Man’s Sicilian: Attack and Surprise White

Descripción

The Lazy Man’s Sicilian: Attack and Surprise White with the Basman-Sale Variation the Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the very popular Sicilian Defence. Its advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn.

Valeri Bronznik

After the perfectly normal moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4…Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning opening system.

The Lazy Man’s Sicilian

Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it requires little theoretical preparation, while you don’t run excessive risks. That is why The Lazy Man’s Sicilian is ideal for club players who don’t have much time to study opening theory (or are not too fond of hard work anyway).

Attack and Surprise White with the Basman-Sale Variation

This easily accessible and up-to-date book offers everything you need to get started with the Basman-Sale Variation. In well-organized chapters it describes the history and underlying ideas of the variation and explains the pawn structures, the strategies and the tactical themes. What’s more, if  you play the Basman-Sale system, there is plenty of room for your own creativity as well!

Ukrainian International Master Valeri Bronznik lives and works in Germany. He has written a number of highly acclaimed books, such as ‘Techniques of Positional Play’. Steve Giddins is a FIDE Master and a former editor of British Chess Magazine. He is the author of several outstanding books and is well known for his clarity and no-nonsense advice.

The Lazy Man’s Sicilian

This an improved and fully updated translation of the original German ‘Sizilianisch für Müssigänger’.

CHESS Magazine (UK):

«The variation retains surprise effect and remains playable to this day, with this work explaining both the theory and the key ideas behind Black’s approach.»

IM Dirk Schuh, Rochade Europa:

«A very good book which offers a relatively simple Sicilian system.»

IM Srdjan Sale, Yearbook 117:

«The funnily-named Basman-Sale variation is prospering. It has lost its place among rare variations in which Black scores 50 per cent, but the variation is alive and kicking. When I wrote my first Survey in Yearbook 73 (2004), there were 424 games in MegaBase 2004, with Black scoring a respectable 50 per cent. Today, MegaBase 2015 has 1581 games and Black’s score is 46 per cent.»

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