Grivas: The Anti-Sicilian Bible Strategie Almasi (2682) - S

Almasi (2682) - S

John Shaw is a grandmaster and three-time Scottish Champion

and candid interviews of several retired players

the books were Alekhine's Block

this sharp opening has been used again with great success by players from the absolute world elite such as Hikaru Nakamura

Grivas: The Anti-Sicilian Bible Strategie Almasi (2682) - SNot all chess players are ready to face a dangerous opening like the Grivas Sicilian, or any other open form of the Sicilian Defense of course, so an alternative set up is on the quest. White has plenty of choices after 1. e4 c5; these choices sometimes are quite sound, and some others are simply crap! We must be trained not only in concrete opening moves, but on the middlegame, the endgame and the tactical part of the opening in question. And this is