(in English known as Sicilian Warfare). Sicilian Warfare is an expert guide to the most ambitious reply to 1.e4. Instead of getting bogged down in theoretical lines, Smirin explains how a world-class attacker understands the positions and fights for the initiative. Author explains these and other strategic and tactical motives in the Sicilian Defence on his own in detail analyzed games. The book is processed in a similar way to the author's successful book, Staroindiyskie srazhenia (King's Indian Warfare). Compared to the King's Indian, the author had one plus here, namely that he plays Sicilian with both colours. Grandmaster Ilya Smirin is a three-time Israeli Champion, with a peak rating over 2700. He is author of successful book King’s Indian Warfare.