user4057: I'm a club player around 2100 FIDE rating trying to learn the Sicilian Sveshnikov, with the black pieces, for long time controls (2 hours/game). What books do I need to read in order to learn this opening properly?
Themes I would like to see in the books:

How to deal with most common variations
Possible transpositions
Ideas in middle game
Pawn structure and how to approach it
Traps to be aware of
Common endgames


user4543: 
Sveshnikov Reloaded - Dorian Rogenzenko
The Complete Sveshnikov Sicilian - Yuri Yakovich
The Sveshnikov Sicilian - Mikhail Krasenkov
The Easiest Sicilian - Atanas Kolev and Trajko Nedev.

My personal favourites are 4. and 2.

user3528: I think one of the best books on the subject has been written by Rogozenko.
The Sveshnikov Reloaded explains the ideas very well with plenty of textual analysis and not only pages of long variations with only Informant type evaluation symbols. I have the book at home (even though I mainly play Najdorf and accelerated Dragon Sicilians), and I remember that one of things that pleases me most in this book is Rogozenko's clear explanations of the subtleties of move order tricks.
The first edition is a bit outdated and might run into refutations, especially in the tactical lines (such as the bishop sacrifice line). But if I am not mistaken there is a "recent" (2012?) second edition.
It is the Quality Chess edition. According to me, one of the best editing houses around.

4057: <p>I'm a club player around 2100 FIDE rating trying to learn the Sicilian Sveshnikov, with the black pieces, for long time controls (2 hours/game). What books do I need to read in order to learn this opening properly?</p>

<p>Themes I would like to see in the books:</p>

<ul>
<li>How to deal with most common variations</li>
<li>Possible transpositions</li>
<li>Ideas in middle game</li>
<li>Pawn structure and how to approach it</li>
<li>Traps to be aware of</li>
<li>Common endgames</li>
</ul>
 4543: <ol>
<li>Sveshnikov Reloaded - Dorian Rogenzenko</li>
<li>The Complete Sveshnikov Sicilian - Yuri Yakovich</li>
<li>The Sveshnikov Sicilian - Mikhail Krasenkov</li>
<li>The Easiest Sicilian - Atanas Kolev and Trajko Nedev.</li>
</ol>

<p>My personal favourites are 4. and 2.</p>
 3528: <p>I think one of the best books on the subject has been written by Rogozenko.</p>

<p><code>The Sveshnikov Reloaded</code> explains the ideas very well with plenty of textual analysis and not only pages of long variations with only Informant type evaluation symbols. I have the book at home (even though I mainly play Najdorf and accelerated Dragon Sicilians), and I remember that one of things that pleases me most in this book is Rogozenko's clear explanations of the subtleties of move order tricks.</p>

<p>The first edition is a bit outdated and might run into refutations, especially in the tactical lines (such as the bishop sacrifice line). But if I am not mistaken there is a "recent" (2012?) second edition.</p>

<p>It is the Quality Chess edition. According to me, one of the best editing houses around.</p>
