DOWNLOAD - FRITZ TRAINER - Sicilian Defense with 2. c3 Alapin Variation - Sergey Tiviakov Clearance registered by Nathaniel Cooke in

registered by Nathaniel Cooke in March of 1849 and first manufactured by Jaques of London in September 1849

Founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation

In modern times it gets more and more important to have several ways to counter an opening as you might want to surprise your opponent or even use different lines for different players or time controls

the kind that you might experience in your own games for maximum education value

DOWNLOAD - FRITZ TRAINER - Sicilian Defense with 2. c3 Alapin Variation - Sergey Tiviakov Clearance registered by Nathaniel Cooke inI started playing the line 1. e4 c5 2. c3 in the Sicilian Defense as White in 1988. Since then I have employed it in more than 100 games, achieving a high performance score. My personal peak were the years 2005 2006, when I managed to win twelve 2. c3 games in a row. Yet I also know the other side of the coin countless times I had to face this opening with Black when the opponents wanted to avoid my Dragon, for example during the World Candidates