Description:This books teaches the key strategic and tactical ideas in many lines of the incredibly popular Sicilian Defence. In the Dragon, Richter-Rauzer, Scheveningen, Taimanov and Najdorf variations long castling is objectively the strongest choice for White. Experienced Russian Grandmaster and chess trainer Yuri Yakovich teaches how the resulting pawn structures dictate typical methods of attack. By being better acquainted with the tactical and positional ideas you will be able to assess complicated struggles without having to calculate all the way down to mate. Learn how to recognize typical Sicilian plans and counterplans, and win more games!