CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms our guest in 5x5 is

our guest in 5x5 is NM Evan Rabin

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Tony MIles

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CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian Chess Endgames Popular Chess Terms our guest in 5x5 isThe Basman Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. 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 chess opening system. The advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it requires