Sicilian Warfare

Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare offers a feast of attacking chess and a world-class guide to the most ambitious reply to 1.e4.

Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare offers a feast of attacking chess and a world-class guide to the most ambitious reply to 1.e4.