Hansen: The Chameleon Variation Schachtrainer denies Black much of the

denies Black much of the counterplay typically associated with the King's Indian and Grünfeld

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Hansen: The Chameleon Variation Schachtrainer denies Black much of theConfronting the Sicilian on Your Own Terms. In 1982, the late Ken Smith's publishing house Chess Digest published the first edition of Andy Soltis' small monograph Beating the Sicilian, The Chameleon Variation. It was well received and a second edition came out in 1990. It proposed a very flexible way for White to handle the Sicilian Defense using the move order 1. e4, 2. Nc3 and 3. Nge2. It kept most of White's options open and allowed White to lure