Schmücker: Das sizilianisches Flügelgambit Taktik The Semi-Slav strikes the perfect

The Semi-Slav strikes the perfect balance of ambition and soundness

GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian

focusing on the most important lines

the Barry Attack

Prusikin tests your newly acquired insights and your attacking intuition with exercises covering all the themes and motifs

Schmücker: Das sizilianisches Flügelgambit Taktik The Semi-Slav strikes the perfectIn his work on the Sicilian Wing Gambit (SFG) 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3, Marcus Schmcker addresses a highly interesting system that was long considered adventurous or, at best, an exotic option to avoid the enormous theoretical structure of the Sicilian Defense. The idea behind this gambit is actually quite serious: by eliminating the black c pawn and aiming for a rapid development of his queenside, White wants to achieve positional compensation for