The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian improvers explains the main strategic ideas

explains the main strategic ideas of the resulting structures and provides complete analyses against virtually all important variations for White

When does it pay off to play hard for a win

he will be sure to recognize and avoid when he encounters them at the board

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The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian improvers explains the main strategic ideasA new weapon for White: 1. e4 c5 2. b3 vs. Sicilian! The English IM Lawrence Trent is a self professed "anti Sicilian". He dedicates his new DVD to the rare 2. b3, which has already been successfully tried out by Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Apart from the fact that this style of play is extremely flexible and easy to learn, in practice it makes it extremely difficult for Black to position his pieces in the way he is used to in "his" Sicilian.