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3]O SICILIAN ATTACK<br />
15Qrc5d6 16Qe,1d5 lTQd:lQd6 1393.5 19b3816<br />
20Qd2Rae3 2lBh2Qc5+ 22KhlBb7 23Re5Qd6 21<br />
Rae1d4 25 \e4cj 26 &1tsxe,l 27 Rlxe4<br />
27 . . Nej 23 Rxe5 Rxea 29 Qxal Rexl4 30 Oxc5<br />
Rll+ l1 Kg2 R3O+ 32 Kh3 Qe'j+ 33 Rg4 Rhl<br />
STCTLIAN ATTACK,8, the E<br />
SICILIANCENIREGAME,236 Whiieplalstbe<br />
usual cEmE GAME move,2 d4, in response <strong>to</strong> the<br />
SICILIAN COUNTERATTACK. 293, also called<br />
SICILIAN DEFENCE, 230. 1 e4 c5. an opening<br />
wnh Ines ol play both nore num€rous and harder<br />
<strong>to</strong> evaluatc than $ose of any other openidg. Arl<br />
delen.eslole,l.otherthanl.. .e5,probahlyoNe<br />
tbeir adoplion 10 Black\ desire <strong>to</strong> avoid the<br />
htrt this is lea( lrue of ihe<br />
Sicilian: itstands in its owfl riCht. a defene oitering<br />
Black a wide range ofoptions.<br />
while nay afiack wirh the .rcsE v^{aloNj 235.<br />
the RossouMo vARrAroN, 240. or the Moscov<br />
vARr^1ror, 260j bui his nost popular choice is 2<br />
NA, and *helherBlack.eplies 2... d6, 2...<br />
Nc6 or 2 e6 Whie c.ntinner I d4 .rd4 .l<br />
Nxd4. Noa white stands sligbtly heiter in the<br />
ce.tre, which hc somctimcs extends <strong>by</strong> Pt2 i4,<br />
Bbile Black has p.ospecls on rhe queenrs side<br />
shere he may profit <strong>by</strong> using the hallope. c-61e.<br />
ahe main lines are: tbe DMGoN vAunoN with irs<br />
associated ianti-Dragon atraclG (after 2 . . . Nc6<br />
or 2 . . . d6) i rhe S.HEIENTNGEN lARrAroN (atter 2<br />
. . . d6oi2. .e6)irheNArDoRrv{hrroN(alter2<br />
... d6): the pAUr.sEN, sztN, ard BAsmxov<br />
v^RAloNs (afre.2 .. e6). Other werrrf<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
Iines are the BoLBLAvsn, pEI(&, or DouRDoN-<br />
NAGvARrAroNsiinwhichBlackplays. . .Pe7 e5,<br />
and the NrMzoMrscH !AR]AIoN.295.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sicilian Delence vas named <strong>by</strong> sARer<br />
after the homeland ol.AnRFna Nho in l5l, fir(<br />
published this openi.g. Ii was regarded as infenor<br />
nntil uouRDoNNArs in hi\ m:r.hes vith M.D.N-<br />
NELL. 1834. demonstrared that rhe @ntinuation 2<br />
i4 e6 3 Nl3 dl 4 e5, recommended <strong>by</strong> the bool$gare<br />
Black a satisfac<strong>to</strong>.e same. In th. 1840s<br />
rArNrs.H, srAUNroNi and the antho.s olBilgne.t<br />
g^NDBUCE slaled rbar i . . . c5 was debest answer<br />
!o I e4 .s i1 renders the foroalion of a cenre<br />
impra.ticable lor White. and prevents every<br />
atiack FroB the 1850s borb ANDERSSEN and L.<br />
PAULSEN played ihe Sicilian. Thiswas lhe romantic<br />
age ot<strong>chess</strong>. when MoR.H,, wbo neirher likcdnor<br />
undenlood the close gane, could speak oI 'dis<br />
abusing the publi. nind of th a t pernicious tbnd n ess<br />
Ior the sicilia. Deleicc'. Nolwithstanding ibe<br />
practi.e and prccepr ol these experts (except<br />
Morphy) . l he D efence achieved li ule pop ula rity in<br />
the 19th cenlury- and gainedgroNd bul slowlyin<br />
the 201h. By thc 1950s, however. it bad become the<br />
most lavoured defence <strong>to</strong> 1 e4. and in rhe 1970s<br />
aboui one naster gane in six Nas a Sicilian<br />
Defence. (See &IALEXiMArubvrai pRorrylAxts i<br />
SIDE VARIATION, a variation in a study thai is<br />
not entral <strong>to</strong> rhe composels idea.<br />
STESTA VAXIATION, 357. Played <strong>by</strong> von scsEv!<br />
a1 Dresdcn 1892 and <strong>by</strong> BRssall some yeaF<br />
larcr. rhis line in the spANrss oprNrNc bccame<br />
popnlar afte. cApsLANcA played it at Bndapest<br />
1928. a <strong>to</strong>umanent held atrhe Siesta sanaloriun.<br />
SIGIIT OF TIID BOARD, the ability lo make an<br />
evaluation ofposition with reierence <strong>to</strong> the speed<br />
*ith shich this.an be done. A rapid sighi oflhc<br />
board n alsays an assel. especially rvhen a plater is<br />
in tine trouble : bu t rhis iaculty is given o niy <strong>to</strong> rhe<br />
ralented and developed only <strong>by</strong> expcricncc. Thrcc<br />
grear mastem sho ouldistaned their mntemporariesinrhisrespectsereMoRpsy,cApaBLANc<br />
..nd<br />
SICN OF CROSS, a popular thene in siories<br />
centred on <strong>chess</strong>. Typicallyj the delil is playing a<br />
man <strong>to</strong>i his soul but as he makes tic sinning move<br />
tne piecesnake aducilormpaite.n and ibe princc<br />
of darknc$ (playinc Black) disappeaBin a cloud ol<br />
This isooe ofmany siniiar posi tions. After 1 . . .<br />
Nd4+ 2Kd6Qxd7+ 3 NxdTRxd5+ 4Nxd5rhe<br />
nagic move is 4 . . R€6 mate,
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