The surprising Sicilian - Shock your opponent with an early ...Qb6 Singles Day when playing White against the

when playing White against the Sicilian

a certain piece is being sacrificed to checkmate the enemy King (in chapter 1 – The Queen

Over the last couple of years nearly all the world's elite grandmasters have been employing the London System

And although they differed in their playing style

His thorough notes often appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach

The surprising Sicilian - Shock your opponent with an early ...Qb6 Singles Day when playing White against theIn modern chess, you have to be ready to adapt to almost any opening variation at short notice. The idea is to keep disrupting your opponent's preparation. Knowing dynamic and less common variations well can bring many, many points to inventive players. The Kveiny's Variation (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6!) is surprisingly rarely played, but offers Black excellent chances. On his new ChessBase DVD, Andrew Martin explains the ideas behind