Modern Chess Opening 3: Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5) (download)

Modern Chess Opening, vol. 3, Sicilian Defense includes 509 games/lectures. Each of them illustrates typical plans and methods in the following variations of Sicilian Defense:

 

• system 2.c3
• Scheveningen
• Rauser Attack
• Chelyabinsk variation
• the systems with e7-e5
• Dragon variation
• Najdorf variation
• Paulsen system
• Closed system (2.Nc3)
• Moscow variation (2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5)
• Rossolimo variation (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5)
• and more

Each opening variation is supplied with evaluations and characteristic of the key moves. The theorectic material is nicely illustrated by classic games with detailed annotations that demonstrate the principal ideas of each variation for White and Black. Also this program includes more than 600 exercises for a user to solve, giving refutations of the wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help you find the correct answer.

 

System Requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 100 Mb of free disk space, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8. No additional software required.