Khalifman/Soloviov: Squeezing the Sicilian - Alapin Variation CbAccount_required false as White players

as White players

That's the mantra of the two young authors of this book

c4 aims for a more positional Maroczy structure

you can be sure that you will become stronger at chess calculation

King's Indian and Grünfeld defences alike

Khalifman/Soloviov: Squeezing the Sicilian - Alapin Variation CbAccount_required false as White playersAdvance with d2 d4, build a solid pawn centre and then dictate the play. In the Alapine System White's strategic idea is extremely simple. He prepares to advance with d2 d4, to build a solid pawn centre and then dictate the play. He will have to pay for this with the fact that his queen's knight has been deprived of the best square for its development, but it may have other suitable squares (in many variations this will be not the d2 square but a3).