Sicilian Taimanov
Black's complete intermediate repertoire in the Sicilian Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6). Seven drills cover the Classical 6.Be2 Hedgehog, the English Attack 6.Be3, the Maróczy Bind 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4, the Fianchetto 6.g3, the Nimzowitsch 6.Nxc6, the sharp Szen 6.f4, and the Reshevsky-style ...Bb4 line.
The Sicilian Taimanov (1.e4 c5 ... 4...Nc6 with ...e6 and ...Qc7) is the flexible Sicilian par excellence — Black keeps ...d6 and ...d5 in reserve and dodges most of White's anti-Sicilian preparation. This pack drills the seven critical White tries with a complete, intermediate-level reply for each: the Classical 6.Be2 Hedgehog with ...Be7/...d6/...b5/...Bb7, the English Attack 6.Be3 with ...Nxd4 / ...b4 / ...e5, the Maróczy Bind 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 with the patient ...Nd7 / ...Nce5 manoeuvre, classical play vs the Fianchetto 6.g3, the Nimzowitsch 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 with the bishop pair, the active ...Qxc6 / ...b5 plan against 6.f4 Szen, and the Reshevsky ...Bb4 line vs 6.Be2. Thirty exam positions sharpen the key decisions — Hedgehog regroups, the right ...e5 timing, when to trade bishops, and the queenside expansion races — so every White 6th move has a prepared, principled Black answer.