The Sicilian Defence is considered as one of Black's best replies to 1.e4. This opening has one of the highest black win ratios, and is played from beginner level to the Grand Master level games. The Sicilian Defence also has several variations such as the Dragon/Accelerated Dragon, Classical, Katalimov, Najdorf, open and closed Sicilian. It is a very versatile opening, which can be
You know the 2-move checkmate, or Fool's Mate, and you know the 4-move checkmate, or Scholar's Mate, but do you know the 3-move checkmate? Grab a friend, play white, and your next game of chess will take longer to set up than to play. You can achieve checkmate in three moves with capturing, or without capturing. For either of these methods to work requires some pretty bad play from your
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