Common Lines in the Sicilian Defense
By Edward Scimia, About.com
The Alapin Variation is reached if White plays 2. c3. While this supports the d4 advance, it takes away the c3 square, usually a good place for White's queenside knight.
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- Sicilian Defense: Starting Position
- Smith-Morra Gambit
- Alapin Variation
- Closed Sicilian
- Classical Sicilian
- Sveshnikov Variation
- Dragon Variation
- Accelerated Dragon
- Scheveningen Variation
- Najdorf Variation
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