Does anyone knows why exactly is the opening called the Sicilian.
I guess an Italian player was the first to use it or make it popular!
Who knows?
@oruro said in #1:
> Who knows?
Italian Wikipedia, it seems... XD
Possibly named after Sicilian priest Pietro Carrera (16th-17th centuries).
The Mafia!
@oruro said in #1:
> Does anyone knows why exactly is the opening called the Sicilian?
> In 1813, the English master Jacob Henry Sarratt effectively standardised his English translation of the name of this opening as 'the Sicilian Defence', referring to an old Italian manuscript that used the phrase il gioco siciliano ('the Sicilian game').
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence
from Sicily!
It’s an opening you cannot refuse!
Who named English Opening?
@MidnightSpook said in #7:
> Who named English Opening?
> The opening derives its name from the unofficial English World Champion Howard Staunton. Staunton played this opening in 1843 during his match against Saint-Amant.
https://chessklub.com/english-opening/
Nice topic to discuss
I doubt if it was, but the Sicilian should have been a gambit you couldn't refuse.
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