Experts vs. The Sicilian

Publisher: Quality Chess
Author: Aagaard & Shawn
Year of Publication: 2006

Pages:228
Notation Type: Figurine(FAN)

Book DescriptionThe Sicilian Defence is the most popular opening at all levels of tournament play from Linares to the local club championship. The Sicilian is played regularly by Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, and Shirov - a.k.a. the best players in the world. In this book a multinational line-up of leading experts give recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defence. This repertoire book recommends the critical main lines and reveals Black's greatest fears to you. Experts vs. the Sicilian is the no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strengths who want to teach the Sicilian players a lesson or two...

Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen vs. the Accelerated Dragon
Peter Heine Nielsen is 31 years old and currently Scandinavia's number one. Peter has won many international tournaments, with the participation of such players as Ivanchuk, Short, Svidler and Beliavsky. He also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Olympiad in Moscow. Peter co-authored the book The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon in 1998 with fellow Dane Carsten Hansen. They are currently contemplating an updated edition.

Grandmaster Sune Berg Hansen vs. the Taimanov and the Paulsen
Sune Berg Hansen is 33 years old and one of Denmark's strongest grandmasters for some years. He has competed in several Olympics and once in the World Championship. He is well known in Denmark for the high quality he puts into his chess annotations and as the daily column writer for the large newspaper Politiken. His article in this book is his first larger contribution to a chess book. His great knowledge of opening theory will become apparent to anyone who reads his contribution to this book.

Grandmaster Viktor Gavrikov vs. the Scheveningen
Viktor Gavrikov is 47 years old an famous on the tournament circuit for his large knowledge of opening theory. As a player he has played at the highest level for many years, against all the best players, and won games against players such as Karpov, Beliavsky, van Wely, Lautier, Andersson and Adams. Currently he contributes with theoretical articles to Chessbase Magazine and is working on a book on the middlegame.

Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev vs. the Sicilian Dragon
Mikhail Golubev is a strong 34-year old grandmaster from Ukraine who mainly considers himself a journalist. He is known as a diligent chess writer and the author of some well received opening books. Mikhail contributes often to New In Chess yearbook with theoretical surveys, and mainly on the Sicilian Dragon. In the recent years a great number of books on the Sicilian Dragon was released, but none caught the attention of the editors of this book, as Golubev's little book, Easy Guide to the Dragon.

Grandmaster Thomas Luther vs. the Najdorf
35-year old Thomas Luther from Erfurt in Germany (Where Martin Luther went to university.) is twice German champion and a multiple participant at his country's Olympic team, including in 2000 when they were close to winning the tournament, but in the end had to settle for silver medals. All though this is Thomas' first contribution to a chess book, his 20 years of playing 6.Bg5 against the Najdorf at a high level cannot but impress.

International Master Alexander Raetsky vs. the Four Knights Sicilian
42-year old Alexander Raetsky very recently made his first grandmaster norm after 9, 10 and 11 rounds of the Biel Open 2004, but was unfortunately given one and not three norms for the effort. He has for a long time been one of the best players in his home region in Voronezh in Russia, where he the last 5 years has organized one of the largest open tournaments in the world. Alexander is also the author of some chess books, most often with his close friend Maxim Chetverik, as well as a contributor to New In Chess Yearbook. Among these are Meeting 1.e4, which is a repertoire book with the main line being the Four Knights Sicilian, an opening he has played regularly since.

International Master Jan Pinski vs. the Kalashnikov
Jan Pinski is a 25-year old journalist, currently working hard on uncovering corruption in his native country of Poland, as well as on his next chess book. Jan has written a number of chess books, the first being The Kalashnikov Sicilian, co-written with Jacob Aagaard.

International Master John Shaw vs. several minor lines
John Shaw is a strong IM with one grandmaster norm from Scotland who has represented his country in many international team tournaments, including Olympiads. He has written two opening books for Everyman Chess and will soon release a book on the 3.Bb5-Sicilian.

International Master Jacob Aagaard vs. the Sveshnikov & several minor lines
Jacob Aagaard is 31 years old, born in Denmark, but resident in Glasgow, Scotland. His best results are his two GM-norms, both attained in 2004. Jacob has written many chess books. Especially close to heart is the Excelling at Chess ? series of 5 books, from where the first, Excelling at Chess, won book of the year at www.ChessCafe.com . Jacob is also the author of Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov.

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