Sicilian Defense with 2.c3 Alapin Variation - Tiviakov "Dropship" Part 1: Colle-Zukertort Attack

Part 1: Colle-Zukertort Attack

Example games are given on each variation

Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games

Elementary Checkmates II

Sicilian Defense with 2.c3 Alapin Variation - Tiviakov "Dropship" Part 1: Colle-Zukertort AttackI started playing the line 1. e4 c5 2. c3 in the Sicilian Defense as White in 1988. Since then I have employed it in more than 100 games, achieving a high performance score. My personal peak were the years 2005 2006, when I managed to win twelve 2. c3 games in a row. Yet I also know the other side of the coin countless times I had to face this opening with Black when the opponents wanted to avoid my Dragon, for example during the World Candidates