My Taimanov Sicilian by GM Ioannis Papaioannou + PGN April 10, 2025

The camp My Taimanov Sicilian is now available as a digital product! This comprehensive course includes all the videos from the camp as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. The material consists of 10.5 hours of video and a PGN database with 178 files!

In the current course, you’ll find the following lectures:

✅Typical Strategies – Part 1

✅Typical Strategies – Part 2

✅Lines with 0-0 – Part 1

✅Lines with 0-0 – Part 2

✅Lines with 0-0 – Part 3

✅Lines with 0-0-0 – Part 1

✅Lines with 0-0-0 – Part 2

Now, we shall take a look at the different lectures.

Typical Strategies – Part 1

The starting position of the Taimanov Sicilian arises after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7

This system offers the perfect balance between strategic clarity and attacking potential.

In this introductory lecture, GM Ioannis Papaioannou focuses on the essential strategic ideas that every Taimanov player must know. You’ll learn how to execute the key plans such as …a6, …b5, and …Bb7, along with typical transpositions into the Scheveningen setup, where Black gains queenside space and long-term structural advantages.