Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation topmaterial identify the appropriate offensive patterns

identify the appropriate offensive patterns

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Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation topmaterial identify the appropriate offensive patternsThe Basman Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the very popular Sicilian Defence. Its advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. After the perfectly normal moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning opening system. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it