International Master Gary Lane runs a very informative, interesting, and entertaining column at ChessCafe.com called Opening Lanes, in w...

This post is concerned with the line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e5 3.Nc3 , or Line C in the series. See the introductory post for this series for Line ...

This post is concerned with the line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e5 3.c3 , or Line B in the series. See the introductory post for this series for Line A...

In this post, I'll begin to look at answering either 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 or 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 with …e5 . This is part of a larger series on m...

This post is a continuation in a larger series, providing here some opening analysis, statistics, and games. Please see the previous ...

To paraphrase Vizzini, one of the villains from the Princess Bride , most people think twice about going against the Open Sicilian  (a...