Challenging the Sicilian with 2.a3!?

The Bulgarian chess publisher “Chess Stars” has put out some fantastic literature. Their opening series according to Anand/Kramnik are well known and sought after, and their book entitled “getting an edge against the grunfeld” is one of the most in depth and impressive high level books I own. Unfortunately, there are a few of their books that are so rare and hard to find that they practically don’t exist. “Challenging the Sicilian with 2.a3!?,” by Alexei Bezgodov is one of them.

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