The Taimanov is worth learning because it asks you to recognize when flexibility has become a concrete move. Your queen on c7, knight on c6, and uncommitted d-pawn give you choices, but White's setup decides which choice matters. The same opening can demand a queenside pawn push, a bishop trade, a central capture, or a direct answer to a kingside attack. This trainer makes those decisions visible from Black's side.
Eight lines, one at a time: you play White in four and Black in four. Step through the moves and the comment for each marked half-move appears as you reach it. Finish a line and its checkmark stays in your browser.
Keyboard: ← → step through the moves. Click any move chip to jump.
Where this comes from: every line, drill, coach cue, and test position is grounded in the Taimanov Sicilian guide and its position bank. The bank decides what the board allows; the guide supplies the named plans and tests.
Solve the captures, bishop placements, knight routes, and pawn breaks that shape the critical choices for both sides.
Keyboard: Enter next drill · H hint · R reset the position.
You hold the Black pieces. Choose a setup, play from the position on the board, and pursue the concrete goal for Black.
Six guide positions cover the base Taimanov, the English Attack, quiet development, f4, the fianchetto, and a central tactic.
Four directions, each with a reason. Everything below links to a page that exists today.
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