The f4 Sicilian - Davies "Vendor Manopoulos" e4 and have to face

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The f4 Sicilian - Davies "Vendor Manopoulos" e4 and have to faceThe f4 Sicilian is a perennial favorite with club players. It was popularized by Bent Larsen in the 1960s and then later on by British GMs such as Mark Hebden, James Plaskett and William Watson. White's strategy is simple, the advance of his e and f pawns gains space on the kingside and might later be used as a battering ram behind which White's pieces are ready to spring into the attack. Although this plan may sound primitive it can be highly