Sicilian Defence

The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves:

1. e4 c5

The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White due to the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.^[1] New In Chess stated in its 2000 Yearb ... Read more »

2...Nc6 without 3.d4

Rossolimo Variation: 3.Bb5 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence#2...Nc6_without_3.d4}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]

Quotations

Tartakower has made some comments about chess, some of which are cynical:

• "It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men."
• "An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard."
• "The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."
• "The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."
• "The move is there, but you must see it." (Horowitz 1971:137)
• "No game was ever won by resigning."
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Savielly Tartakower[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Ksawery Tartakower (also known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English, less often Xavier Tartacover or Xavier Tartakover; 1887–1956)

was a leading Polish and French chess grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist and author

of the 1920s and 1930s whose books remain popular even today.^[1][2]

Tart ... Read more »

Nicolas Rossolimo""From Wikipedia, ""

(Russian: Николай Спиридонович Россоли́мо;

February 28, 1910, Kiev – July 24, 1975, New York)

was an American-French-Greek-Russian chess Grandmaster ... Read more »