The Rossolimo for Club Players: New Ideas and Strategic Plans in a Powerful Anti-Sicilian

by Victor Bologan

Overview

The Rossolimo is the Anti-Sicilian that is by far the most popular with club players – and with elite grandmasters such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Alireza Firouzja.

If you play 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian, you do not need to keep up-to-date with the dazzling theoretical developments in all kinds of Open Sicilians. You can sidestep theory, play your own creative game – and put your opponent in trouble! You will love the harmonious, easy development and reach unbalanced positions with winning opportunities and surprisingly dynamic play.

Victor Bologan has played the Rossolimo ever since his youth – in practical play, but also in training sessions with Garry Kasparov. Bologan has now updated and expanded his authoritative 2011 repertoire book. As a former top-20 player, Bologan is one of the few Grandmasters whose opening books are read by both his peers and by club players. His ideas are always thoroughly analyzed and checked by the strongest engines, but still very accessible to amateurs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789493257276
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.82(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Victor Bologan is the author of half a dozen best-selling opening manuals, most recently on the Open Games and the Ruy Lopez for Black, the King's Indian, and the Caro-Kann. He is an elite Grandmaster who has won many tournaments, including the Aeroflot Open and Dortmund.

Table of Contents

Explanation of symbols 6

Introduction 7

Index of variations 16

Chapter 1 Secondary moves 21

Chapter 2 Black plays 3…f6 46

Chapter 3 White exchanges after 3…d6 56

Chapter 4 White castles after 3…d6 79

Chapter 5 White castles after 3…e6 90

Chapter 6 Black develops first: 7…b7 101

Chapter 7 The direct exchange with 4.xc6 113

Chapter 8 Other sixth moves for White 123

Chapter 9 Posing problems: 6.e2 135

Chapter 10 The fianchetto without 4.xc6 151

Chapter 11 The fianchetto with 4…dxc6 and other sixth moves for Black 162

Chapter 12 Black plays 4…dxc6 and 6…f6 172

Chapter 13 The immediate 7.0-0 186

Chapter 14 The fianchetto with 4…bxc6 194

Chapter 15 What would you play? 213

Chapter 16 Check your solutions 218

Index of names 233

Bibliography 240