(Louis Blair) wrote in message . com...
Richard Stanz wrote (2003-10-02 12:06:56 PST):

... "How to Play the Sicilian Defense" by David Levy

... "Sicilian Love," ...

... "Starting Out: the Sicilian" by John Emms ...

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Isn't there also a general book about the Sicilian
by Kopec?

Yes there is. I think it is called Mastering the Sicilian or
something like that. I remember looking at it in the shop and not
liking it very much.

Unless you're a master, you probably won't notice that the books are
older. Club players get out of book quickly, and if you know the
*themes* you will be fine.

John
(Class B and nearly a century behind in opening theory)

DDEckerslyke wrote:
"Mike Ogush" wrote in message
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On 2 Oct 2003 00:16:54 -0700, (DDEckerslyke)
wrote:

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Firstly thanks for taking the time to reply. The Levy books are available
used at amazon but I hesitate to buy them because of when they were first
published. Would you recommend them in spite of their age?

cheers

dd

"Richard Stanz" wrote in message
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(Louis Blair) wrote in message
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Isn't there also a general book about the Sicilian
by Kopec?

Yes there is. I think it is called Mastering the Sicilian or
something like that. I remember looking at it in the shop and not
liking it very much.

What do you dislike about it?

(DDEckerslyke) wrote in message . com...
Started playing again a couple of years ago on the internet and
recently joined a good OTB club. I'm now at the level where I'm not
hanging pieces and I can see some short combinations etc. (My ICC
blitz is an astronomical 1600.) Anyway, I used to play the French, my
rationale was that after e6 White is on my ground,

That's what's so great about the French Defence!!

the problem is that
I reckon I might be better off playing open games

Maybe..maybe not! Try to bear in mind that the Sicilian is
considerably riskier than the French and Black's position is (usually)
much "looser" than in the French....Black *must* counter-attact
immediately or else.....!
warm regards, GreyHipster

so I'd like to try
the Sicilian. Is there a good book that covers the Sicilian in
general? Or do I need to look for a book on the Sveshnikov, a book on
the Rossolimo, etc.

Any advice gratefully received.

cheers

dd

John Macnab wrote in message
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Unless you're a master, you probably won't notice that the books are older.

'Age, especially when it strives to be self-reliant and cheerful, finds much
consideration among the poor.'
--Charles Dickens (Hard Times)

Dear Mr. Macnab,

Ahem, Mr. Eckerslyke might notice it when he's playing against a master. :-)

Club players get out of book quickly, and if you know the *themes* you will
be fine.

"When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good."
--Benjamin Franklin (25 June 1745)

John (Class B and nearly a century behind in opening theory)

Was there much theory on the Sicilian Defence in the early 20th century? :-)

"They (older women) are so grateful!"
--Benjamin Franklin (25 June 1745)

--Nick

Nick wrote:
John Macnab wrote in message
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Unless you're a master, you probably won't notice that the books are older.


'Age, especially when it strives to be self-reliant and cheerful, finds much
consideration among the poor.'
--Charles Dickens (Hard Times)

Dear Mr. Macnab,

Ahem, Mr. Eckerslyke might notice it when he's playing against a master. :-)

I suspect you're joking. He'll have much bigger problems than move
order against masters.

Club players get out of book quickly, and if you know the *themes* you will
be fine.


"When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good."
--Benjamin Franklin (25 June 1745)


John (Class B and nearly a century behind in opening theory)


Was there much theory on the Sicilian Defence in the early 20th century? :-)

ok I exaggerated here. My Scotch is in the spirit of Mieses, my Ruy
Lopez patterned after Lasker my King's Indian after Bronstein and my
Sicilian makes it all the way up to about 1970. As for the rest, I just
make it up as I go along.


"They (older women) are so grateful!"
--Benjamin Franklin (25 June 1745)

--Nick

"It is impossible to conceive of anything in the world, or indeed beyond
teh world, which can be considered good without qualification, except a
good will."
--Immanuel Kant


John

David wrote (2003-10-03 16:34:25 PST):

BTW, if the Levy books are the older
Batford series, I don't think they were
ever updated for algebraic notation.

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If I remember correctly, an algebraic
edition of How to Play the Sicilian
Defense by David Levy was published
at one time. Don't know about the
other Levy Sicilian books.

John Macnab wrote in message
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Nick wrote:
John Macnab wrote in message
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Unless you're a master, you probably won't notice that the books are older.

Ahem, Mr. Eckerslyke might notice it when he's playing against a master. :-)

I suspect you're joking. He'll have much bigger problems than move order
against masters.

'All we say, all we do, all we wish for, is a jest.'
--Samuel Richardson (Clarissa)

Dear Mr. Macnab,

Your suspicion is natural since I often have written jokes in my posts here.

Yes, I was joking about your choice of words to Mr. Eckerslyke: "Unless
you're (Mr. Eckerslyke is) a master, you probably won't notice that the books
are older." Perhaps you *also* meant that Mr. Eckerslyke should have need of
newer books to study *before he plays against a master* as well as when he has
become a master himself. :-)

Your statement to Mr. Eckerslyke could have been rewritten as:
"Unless *you're playing against a master*, you probably won't notice that the
books are older." (In which case, "playing against a master", Mr. Eckerslyke
probably would not have too long in the game to be able to notice it.)

ok I exaggerated here. My Scotch is in the spirit of Mieses, my Ruy Lopez
patterned after Lasker

Emanuel or Edward? :-)

my King's Indian after Bronstein and my Sicilian makes it all the way up
to about 1970. As for the rest, I just make it up as I go along.

Do you play the Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian? :-)

"It is impossible to conceive of anything in the world, or indeed beyond
the world, which can be considered good without qualification, except a
good will."
--Immanuel Kant

'Who can laugh, and be angry, in the same moment?'
--Samuel Richardson (Sir Charles Grandison)

--Nick

Nick wrote:
John Macnab wrote in message
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Nick wrote:

John Macnab wrote in message
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Unless you're a master, you probably won't notice that the books are older.

Ahem, Mr. Eckerslyke might notice it when he's playing against a master. :-)

I suspect you're joking. He'll have much bigger problems than move order
against masters.


'All we say, all we do, all we wish for, is a jest.'
--Samuel Richardson (Clarissa)

Dear Mr. Macnab,

Your suspicion is natural since I often have written jokes in my posts here.

Yes, I was joking about your choice of words to Mr. Eckerslyke: "Unless
you're (Mr. Eckerslyke is) a master, you probably won't notice that the books
are older." Perhaps you *also* meant that Mr. Eckerslyke should have need of
newer books to study *before he plays against a master* as well as when he has
become a master himself. :-)

Your statement to Mr. Eckerslyke could have been rewritten as:
"Unless *you're playing against a master*, you probably won't notice that the
books are older." (In which case, "playing against a master", Mr. Eckerslyke
probably would not have too long in the game to be able to notice it.)


ok I exaggerated here. My Scotch is in the spirit of Mieses, my Ruy Lopez
patterned after Lasker


Emanuel or Edward? :-)


my King's Indian after Bronstein and my Sicilian makes it all the way up
to about 1970. As for the rest, I just make it up as I go along.


Do you play the Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian? :-)

I enjoy playing both sides of the Yugoslav attack, especially in active
chess (G30)!


"It is impossible to conceive of anything in the world, or indeed beyond
the world, which can be considered good without qualification, except a
good will."
--Immanuel Kant


'Who can laugh, and be angry, in the same moment?'
--Samuel Richardson (Sir Charles Grandison)

--Nick

If the good or bad exercise of the will does alter the world, it can
alter only the limits of the world, not the facts--not what can be
expressed by means of language.
--Ludwig Wittgenstein

John

John Macnab wrote in message
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Nick wrote:
(snipped)
Do you play the Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian?

I enjoy playing both sides of the Yugoslav attack, especially in active
chess (G30)!

Dear John,

Do you prefer the Serbian or the Montenegrin side of the Yugoslav Attack? :-)

"It is impossible to conceive of anything in the world, or indeed beyond
the world, which can be considered good without qualification, except a
good will."
--Immanuel Kant

'Who can laugh, and be angry, in the same moment?'
--Samuel Richardson (Sir Charles Grandison)

"If the good or bad exercise of the will does alter the world, it can alter
only the limits of the world, not the facts--not what can be expressed by
means of language."
--Ludwig Wittgenstein

I hope that you will understand that my good will toward you has not been
diminished diminished by our familiarity. :-)

'Exalted minds enter more rapidly and closely into the connections of
friendship than those of a vulgar stamp.'
--from 'The Adventures of a Kidnapped Orphan' (1747)

--Nick