CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms The Petroff Defense

The Petroff Defense

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that you are dedicating much of your energy to your opponent’s plans so that you can figure out how to best take advantage of the defects in their moves

CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms The Petroff DefenseThe Basman Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. After the perfectly normal moves 1. e4 c5, 2. Nf3 e6, 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning chess opening system. The advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it requires