Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation Schachtrainer His aggressive and original play

His aggressive and original play has earned him much admiration from countless chess players around the world

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Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation Schachtrainer His aggressive and original playThe 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