{"product_id":"modernized-sicilian-kan-book-adrien-demuth-9789464201383","title":"The Modernized Sicilian Kan","description":"When you are building your repertoire you\nhave many choices available against 1.e4. Everyone knows the Sicilian is the\nmost dangerous reply but there are so many choices! Most of them are highly\ntheoretical such as the Najdorf or the Dragon. Some are very difficult to\nunderstand from a positional and dynamical point of view. The Kalashnikov and\nthe Sveshnikov are two good examples, without even mentioning the amount of\ntheory.\n\nI have always been interested by less\n\ntheoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long\ntime and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The\nSicilian Kan came to me as a very serious option, and I decided to work on it.\nIn the meantime, my friend and editor Daniël Vanheirzeele offered me the chance\nto author a book about it. This came to me as a complete surprise, as I had no\nexperience with it. In comparison with my work on the Reti and the Dutch (my\ntwo previous books), I am a newbie on the subject. But I decided to accept the\nchallenge. I found it extremely interesting, as this gave me a fresh look at\nthe positions. I think I managed to ask myself the questions everyone would\nhave asked. I also work as a second for others and am accustomed to working on\nopenings I do not necessarily play as well as finding the key ideas very quickly.\nSo, after a deep initial work to understand the variations, I was ready to\nstart writing8\n\n\n\n\nIn opposition to my prior efforts, I\ndecided to start with the mainlines. I did it both during my work and then in\nthe structure of the book. It seemed better to address the most difficult lines\nfirst to prove that Black gets playable positions, and then take care of the less\nchallenging lines. This approach allows you to have an idea of the typical\npositions and then compare it with the less usual lines so you may understand\nwhy the sidelines are not as good. \n\n\n\n\nI take this as an opportunity to share\n\nmy knowledge of openings and how I analyze them. I started this book with the\nidea that I wanted it to be useful for all levels of playing strength,\nfrom amateurs to even top grandmasters. I really consider the best books to be\nthose where everyone can understand the basics of the variations while also\nbeing of use to anyone that aims at going deeper into the theory. \n\n\n\n\nI based many of the lines and\nconclusions in this book not only on computer evaluation, but also from a\npractical point of view. While I did a deep dive using strong engines when\nanalyzing the lines I cannot say that they are perfect. The most important\nthing is that all of the evaluations are based upon my own understanding and knowledge of\nchess. \n\n\n\n\nAdrien Demuth November 2021","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50588492333329,"sku":"GOR014007515","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51066897006865,"sku":"NIN9789464201383","price":33.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52337339269393,"sku":"NLS9789464201383","price":33.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/946420138X.jpg?v=1786109471","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/modernized-sicilian-kan-book-adrien-demuth-9789464201383","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}