The Surprising Sicilian!

En frisk DVD med Siciliansk-varianten 1 e4 c5 2 Sf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Sxd4 Db6!? som straks har en brukbar overraskelsesverdi, og heller ikke er så dårlig. IM Andrew Martin viser de ulike alternativene som straks kan gi svart seierssjanser i praksis.

ChessBase sin egen omtale:

In the modern game, a player has to be ready to play almost any opening variation at short notice. The plan is to interrupt the preparation of the opponent at every turn. A knowledge of dynamic and slightly unusual lines could well score many, many points for the resourceful player. The Kveinys Variation : 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Qb6! is surprisingly little-played, yet gives Black excellent chances and on this new ChessBase DVD, Andrew Martin explains how the system works.

For the Master, we have a surprise weapon which players of the calibre of Svidler, Judit Polgar and Kveinys have used to defeat tough opposition. For the club player, where preparation is sketchy, we have a line which asks questions of the opponent right at the beginning of the game and creates immediate pressure on White to find good moves. That is the way to win! Perhaps the Kveinys variation will become more popular in the future. It does not deserve to be a comparatively rare sideline.

• Video running time: 5 h 19 min (English) • With interactive training incuding video feedback • Exclusive database with 50 model games • Including CB Reader

Innholdet:

01: Introduction [02:17]
02: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 - Nomin Erdene,D - Loos,R [09:09]
03: Variations Intro [02:53]
Alternative 5th moves
01: 5.Nb5 a6 6.Be3 Qa5+ 7.N5c3 b5 8.Nd2 Qc7 - Dominguez Perez,L - Bruzon Batista,L [12:39]
02: 5.Be3 Qxb2 6.Nd2 a6 7.Bd3 Qc3 8.0-0 Qc7 - Asauskas,H - Staniszewski,P [10:08]
03: 5.Na3 Bxa3 6.bxa3 Nf6 7.Qd3 0-0 - Volkmann,F - Loeffler,S [08:04]
04: 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d6 - Liiva,R - Kiik,K [05:27]
5.Nc3
01: 5...Bc5 6.Na4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc5 Nc6 10.Qe3 0-0 11.Nb3 - Topalov,V - Short,N [16:09]
02: 5...Bc5 6.Na4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc5 Nc6 10.Qe3 0-0 11.Be2 - Arribas Robaina,M - Araque,R [07:58]
03: 5...Bc5 6.Na4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc5 Nc6 10.Qe3 b6 - Hussein,A - Sommerbauer,N [05:42]
04: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Na4 Qa5+ 8.c3 Bxd4 9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e5 11.Qd1/Qc4 - Kalisky,V - Likavsky,T
05: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Na4 Qa5+ 8.c3 Bxd4 9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e5 11.Qb4 Qxb4 12.cxb4 Nf6 13.Nc3 d6 14.f3 - Deshmukh,A - Vaidya,A [07:15]
06: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Na4 Qa5+ 8.c3 Bxd4 9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e5 11.Qb4 Qxb4 12.cxb4 Nf6 13.Nc3 d6 14.0-0-0 - Milov,V - Kveinys,A [07:12]
07: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Ncb5 Nf6/d5/Nxd4 - Zacharias,C - Kopylov,M [14:26]
08: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Ndb5 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qxe3 9.Be2 Kf8/Kd8 - Vavric,P - Doncea,V [18:05]
09: 5...a6 6.Be2 Bc5/Nc6 - Llaneza Vega,M - Zeng,C [14:00]
10: 5...a6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.a3 Nf6 - Palacios,B - Giardelli,S [04:50]
11: 5...a6 6.Nb3 d6 - Tomic,B - Kurajica,B [08:22]
12: Variation Outro [00:24]
5.Nb3
01: 5...Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nf6 - Hebden,M - Short,N [11:04]
02: 5...Qc7 6.g3 b6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bg2 Bb7 - Pablo Marin,A - Epishin,V [18:30]
03: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.g3 b5 - Riediger,M - Kveinys,A [08:42]
04: 5...Qc7 6.c4 a6 7.a3 Nf6 - Perez Aleman,P - Barlov,D [10:48]
05: 5...Qc7 6.c4 Nf6 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 - Kubien,J - Kveinis,A [05:56]
06: 5...Qc7 6.Bd3 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.c4 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.f4 Be7 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 - Rudolf,A - Ibarra Jerez,J [07:33]
07: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 b5 - Vehi Bach,V - Volzhin,A [05:37]
08: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.f4 Bb7 9.0-0 d6 - Ankerst,M - Zagorskis,D [08:15]
09: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 b5 9.f4 b4 - Ye,J - Polgar,J [06:49]
10: 08: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.f4 d6 - Dubiel,J - Kveinys,A [08:20]
11: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 Nbd7 - Socko,B - Kveinys,A
12: 5...Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 d6 9.f4 Nbd7 - Sylvan,J - Kveinys,A [10:23]
13: 4...a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 Nd7 Shirov,A - Svidler,P [05:08]
14: Outro [00:31]
Test Section
01: Test 1 - Volokitin,A - Vitiugov,N [02:52]
02: Test 2 - Volokitin,A - Vitiugov,N [03:51]
03: Test 3 - Volokitin,A - Vitiugov,N [05:55]
04: Test 4 - Can,A - Altin,F [02:30]
05: Test 5 - Can,A - Altin,F [03:21]
06: Test 6 - Can,A - Altin,F [04:17]
07: Test 7 - Can,A - Altin,F [02:40]
08: Test 8 - Dragun,V - Karasev,V [01:53]
09: Test 9 - Dragun,V - Karasev,V [02:47]
10: Test 10 - Dragun,V - Karasev,V [02:04]
11: Test 11 - Dragun,V - Karasev,V [03:20]
12: Test 12 - Schippers,M - Aguero Jimenez,L [03:18]
13: Test 13 - Schippers,M - Aguero Jimenez,L [01:54]
14: Test 14 - Schippers,M - Aguero Jimenez,L [02:45]