i need some help deciding which sicilian is best for me

As black or white?

--Fromper

The Dragon! No, the Najdorf! The Sheveningen. The ...

It's kind of pointless, isn't it? Given what we know about you.

How strong a player are you? How long have you been playing, at what level? How do you respond to 1.e4 now?

well my rating is 1730 and right now i play 2. e5 with black but my coach suggests i try a sicilian but the question is which one i dont know much about sicilians or which one will suite me best im a tactical player and i dont like closed games, i like games where my peices are very mobile and i can create attacks

In the other thread, you said you were looking for quiet games, but here you say you're a tactical player and don't like closed positions. Kind of inconsistent there.

Also, if you have a coach who is recommending you try the Sicilian, why not ask him which line he recommends? He should know your playing style well enough to give you a better suggestion than we can.

--Fromper

well i like to attack but not like mikhail Tal, i do both against a stronger player i will play more quiet try to get a draw but attack against a weaker player(and most of the time i play stronger opponents so most of my games are quiet), i need an opening where i can be flexible, where i can be aggressif or defensif and the reason i cant ask my coach is because he is a cuban grandmaster who was only here for a couple of months and hes now gone back to cuba

At 1730 you outrate most of the players on these forums and at that rating you should be able to figure it out for yourself. Anyway if you want GM advice Alex Yermolinsky recommends choosing a modern, mainline defense, not some offbeat crap that many lower rated players will be recommending. I’d say something like the Najdorf or the Sheveningen.

Don't forget when picking up the Sicilian as black, not only will you have to learn your pet system but you must be prepaired for all variations of the closed sicilian.

And other anti-Sicilians - the Smith-Morra Gambit, Alapin, Grand Prix Attack, and maybe the Wing Gambit, though that one's rare enough that you probably shouldn't worry too much about it. If you want to be a little lazy about this, you can decline the Smith-Morra with Nf6, and it transposes to the Alapin, so you don't really need to study both.

--Fromper

Well, I bet 1....e5 is the best move for a player such as yourself, but just try the different variations of Sicilian defense. Both the Dragon and Najdorf are quite solid. But don't listen to me, I am unrated. lol