In 2003 Dorian Rogozenko was hired by World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov to advise on the Sicilian Sveshnikov for his championship match with Garry Kasparov. The match was cancelled, but now you can enjoy tutoring worthy of a World Champion in this highly topical opening.

Rogozenko is an experienced grandmaster and is well known in chess circles for his ability to explain opening theory to players of all levels.

List of Content

004 Bibliography

005 Introduction

Part I: Early Deviations

009 1. Deviations at Move 6

013 2. The 7.Be3 Line

015 3. The 7.a4 Line

017 4. The 7.Nd5 Line

023 5. 8...Be6 - The Bird Variation

Part II: - 9.Nd5 - The Positional Line

029 6. Introduction to 9.Nd5

031 7. The Silent Draw Offer: 9..Q a5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8

037 8. 9...Be7 10.Nxe7

043 9. Introduction to 1 0.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3

045 10. 11...Bb7

049 11. 11...Ne7

057 12. 11...Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7

059 13. 11...Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5

063 14. 11...0-0 12.Nc2 B g5

081 15. 11...0-0 12.Nc2 Rb8

Part III: 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 - The Main Line

103 16. Introduction to the Main Line

105 17. Introduction to the 10...Bg7 System

107 18. The Quiet 13.c3

117 19. The Sharp 13.c4

Section 1: The 10...f5 System

133 20. Introduction to 10... f5

135 21. The Bishop Sacrifice 1 1.Bxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5

141 22. 11 .g3

Section 2: The 10...f5 System met by 11 . c3

149 23. Introduction to 1 1.c3

151 24. Introduction to 12.Bd3

177 25. 12.exf5 B xf5

Section 3: The 10...f5 System met by 11.Bd3

219 26. Introduction to the Modern Main Line 11 .Bd3 Be6

221 27. Introduction to the Aggressive 12.Qh5

223 28. The Variation with 12...Bg7

231 29. Th e Variation with the Active 12...Rg8

239 30. The Modest-looking 13.g3

263 31. Introduction to 12.0-0 (12...B xe6 13.exd5 N e7)

265 32. 14 .Nxb5

269 33. 14 .c4

281 34. 14.Qh5

293 35. 1 4.c3

301 36. The Variation with 17.Rad1

305 37. The Variation with 17.Rae1

327 38. 1 4.Re1

337 Index of variations