Sicilian Defense

The second book of the series" Tutorial of chess debuts. Modern practice "is dedicated to the most popular half -open debut - Sicilian protection.
Sicilian protection leading to acute and substantial struggle has an extensive theory of its many branches. Almost every new tournament makes significant clarifications into the theory of this debut. Despite such a powerful information "stream", an attempt in a concentrated form was made in this book to give a review of all the significant options for Sicilian protection, introducing the reader to the latest achievements of the theory and plans of the Sicilian Mittelshpil.
Parties of the last decade serve as the illustrative material of the book. Several of the parties in the book dates back to the earlier period, since they are important to demonstrate the ideological content of the systems under consideration and options.
Typical techniques, plans and combinations that are important to pay attention to are marked with the sign of TM - a typical method. The book ends with a selection of typical positions of combination and positional content for independent solution