Black openings

  • ELO: 1600
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Seven Ways to Smash the Sicilian by Nick Conticello, chess book review
  • Seven Ways to Smash the Sicilian
  • Nick Conticello
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  • ELO: 1600
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  • 2000
Book cover of Sicilian Attacks: Powerful Charges & Typical Tactics by Yuri Yakovich, chess book review
  • Sicilian Attacks: Powerful Charges & Typical Tactics
  • Yuri Yakovich
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  • ELO: 1400
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  • 1600
Book cover of Sicilian Taimanov: Move by Move by John Emms, chess book review
  • Sicilian Taimanov: Move by Move
  • John Emms
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  • ELO: 1600
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of The Bb5 Sicilian: Detailed Coverage Of A Thoroughly Modern System by Richard Palliser, chess book review
  • The Bb5 Sicilian: Detailed Coverage Of A Thoroughly Modern System
  • Richard Palliser
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  • ELO: 1600
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  • 2000
Book cover of Understanding the Sicilian by Mikhail Golubev, chess book review
  • Understanding the Sicilian
  • Mikhail Golubev
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  • ELO: 1600
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of The Safest Sicilian: A Black Repertoire with 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 by Aleksander Delchev, Semko Semkov, chess book review
  • The Safest Sicilian: A Black Repertoire with 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
  • Aleksander Delchev, Semko Semkov
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  • ELO: 1600
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  • 2000
Book cover of Modernized: The Open Sicilian by Zhanibek Amanov, Kostya Kavutskiy, chess book review
  • Modernized: The Open Sicilian
  • Zhanibek Amanov, Kostya Kavutskiy
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  • ELO: 1600
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Mastering the Sicilian Defense by Danny Kopec, chess book review
  • Mastering the Sicilian Defense
  • Danny Kopec
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Opening books on black openings, excluding full opening repertoires for black. Every major defense has been covered, with the most common ones, such as the Sicilian, Spanish, or the Nimzo represented with multiple books. Every review is somewhat subjective, but I’ve tried not to be biased based on what openings I personally like.