Brutally PUNISH the Sicilian Defense (Carlsen Used This Tricky

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Last updated 10 março 2025

Brutally PUNISH the Sicilian Defense (Carlsen Used This Tricky

Today I’m excited to share with you an aggressive chess opening gambit for White against the Sicilian Defense. It is called the Mengarini Variation which happens after the following moves: 1.e4 c5 2.a3. The gambit occurs when White sacrifices their pawn after 2…Nc6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nxb4. This tricky gambit will confuse a lot of your opponents and it gives a great attacking initiative for White. Even the world champion Magnus Carlsen has played this opening in the World Blitz Chess Championship and won that game. Most importantly, the most played moves of Black gives White a winning advantage; yes, White has more than 70% win rates in all those variations! You can find the PGN of this opening variation below:

The Carlsen Variation - A New by Hansen, Carsten

Aagaard, jacob & shaw, john experts vs the sicilian 2nd by Jose Manuel Vargas - Issuu

I offered a draw here because i thought there was no way anyone can make progress but Stockfish says +1.5? Any ideas of how I could have continued? : r/chess