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Annotated by jamesxc (1513):  I usually avoid e4 because it often leads to e5, which I think is often boring, but this time the response was the Sicilian Defense, which is one of the more interesting openings out there.  the traditional response a line that I haven't seen before.  I'm sure that it has a name and a following, but from here on out, I'm out of book, which is probably exactly what Black wanted. White tries to… |