Against most Sicilian variations, White's sharpest and often best weapon is queenside castling, a strategy that frequently leads to spectacular fireworks. Regrettably, these powerful charges have never been properly categorized. Until this book.

In Sicilian Attacks, Grandmaster Yuri Yakovieh, who has more than thirty years of experience with complex Sicilian systems, analyses the Najdorf, the Scheveningen, the Dragon, the Taimanov and the Richter-Rauzer Variations. He teaches how their pawn struc­tures dictate typical methods of attack for White, but he also gives the best defending techniques for Black.

This book provides cutting-edge analysis full of original ideas, but also contains useful verbal guidelines to help you to recognize typical Sicilian plans and counlerplans. An abundance of highly in­structive games illustrate the various strategic and tactical themes. At the end of each chapter you will find practical conclusions.

Content:
007 Preface by Sergey Rublevsky

008 Introduction - A Fight to the Death

011 Part 1 - Scheveningen Structure: Black Pawns on d6 and e6, White Pawn on e4

095 Part 2 - Taimanov Structure: Black Pawns on d7 and e6, White Pawns on e4 and f3

105 Part 3 - Rauzer Structure: Black Pawns on c6, d5 and e6, White Pawn on e4

111 Part 4 - d6/e5 Structure: Black Pawns on d6 and e5, White Pawn on e4

137 Part 5 - dragon Structure: Black Fianchettoes his Bishop to g7

203 Index of Players

207 List of Games

208 Bibliography