Beat Every Sicilian Player With This Universal System! | Avoid Theory!

[@kaspachessofficial]

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[@armandoamiote3607]

Very practical way of depending the Sicilian variation against white. Ive been doing the locking of queenside and it works & then attack the king side afterwards. Nice analysis keep it up. Thanks

[@tonysu8860]

Avoid theory? This is one of the most complex and difficult variations in the English opening, or even chess in general. This is the Mikenas variation of the English opening. There are various ways to treat this opening, but the most theoretically complicated is when Black goes ahead and plays an early d5, sometimes involving a gambit but not always. It's an interesting variation to study, IMO the problem is that unlike a lot of other lines what you learn and memorize in this does not easily translate into other openings and positions. If you decide to become an expert in this line (likely because you know someone who plays the English all the time), it can be an interesting weapon. A lot of English Opening players expect to play a positional game because Black usually doesn't know know symmetrical English positions and wants to avoid playing Closed Sicilian positions a move down and trying to play Open Sicilian positions a move down is close to suicide. If you play the more open Mikenas lines with an early d5 (unlike in this video) you can steer the game into some pretty wild positions where you hope you understand better than the guy who chose to play the English against you. Personally, the type of positions described in this video are pretty ordinary symmetrical English openings. I call the specific type of positions in this video the "English Stonewall of the Symmetrical English" Botvinnik was one of the biggest proponents of the way this game was played. The "English Stonewall" pawn setup is interestingly nothing like the Dutch Stonewall. Simply shifting the stonewall formation one square to the left makes an enormous difference invalidating practically every idea and plan you might play in a Dutch Stonewall.

[@JellyMonster1]

At 11.24 after white knight drops back, can black play Qxd3, winning a pawn. I'm only a 1100 player so probably missed something.

[@nelsonalamo8614]

Thanks for sharing a wide variety of opening/s,more power to your channel,congratulations!

[@Dharmaku56]

Really like your straight forward, clear and uncomplicated explanations. Thank you 🙏

[@rapidchess5913]

Awesome video coach!!

[@mutailenunshikokola2727]

Great work you're doing man. Keep it up 🔥

[@samuelmanalili9040]

I am always defeated by a Sicilian defence so your channel is really helpful to me

[@wonderwhy1522]

First time I've found n learned the way to attack Sicilian defense...thanks

[@TheOilcan5]

i have seen where blacks queens knight has oportunities thats overlooked

[@AshokGupta-gm5lf]

Thanks.....many time....

[@phidybee3334]

So I use Smith morra against Sicilian but against the French I play Monte Carlo and it can easily transpose into this set up so thanks again

[@DanacChess]

This is why I play sicilian and symetrical english

[@betterdayz2011]

Could you provide a link to the next video, related to this opening system?

[@paulmahinay2183]

Nice one..another educating tactic

[@SantonaAkter-xi6hf]

Great thanks

[@kenhoadley1798]

I don't like your variation too much. 1.e5 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Ne2 Nf6 (if Black is happy with symmetry then 3. ...e5 is fine) 4.Nbc3 e6. The position you are looking at with the Knight on f4 looks odd and Black has lots of plans. You give 5.Nf4 a6 6.a4 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.d3 and then 10. ...Qc7 is designed to guard the Knight (vs e5) and allow b6 next. A better way to do it is 10. ..Ra7 and then if we follow your development plan 11.h3 b6 12.Be3 Rd7 (and Bb7 next). The White holes on d4 and b4 are a concern and Blacks position is flexible, even Queen has a few options, maybe she can even go to a8 (after ...Bb7). It is White who can't do anything and trying something active could exaggerate an already worse position. The Nf4 is poorly placed and if move it back 13.Nfe2 you are hit by 13...d5 or first 13...Bb7 first. If you want to throw Black off with 2.c4 that is fine but you will at best get a symmetrical equal position (if Black plays e5) and possibly a worse position if Black plays well 🙂

[@kaspachessofficial]

Hi, thanks for the analysis. I believe that you have a valid point but one which can well be justified by engines and not humans. I mean, after going through people's actual games, I couldn't find anyone playing that long-term engine move, Ra7. Please, plug the position in question on the Lichess Analysis board, and it will give you an almost equal position even after your Ra7 suggestion on move 10. Nf4 is just a temporal and psychological move to attract e5 pawn push or g5, on human level. That Knight on f4 will soon go back to e2 after our Bishop sits on g7 to indirectly protect the d5 square, and life continues. All in all, your variation is fine, and I guess Hikaru can easily find it, but Magnus would still handle it.

[@kenhoadley1798]

@@kaspachessofficial I respect that the variation I gave with 10. ...Ra7 might be difficult to find but it does give Black a good position. Actually looking at the whole variation with Stockfish it even considers displacing the Knight with 6. ...g5 7.Nh5 Nxh5 8.Qxh5 Nb4 and thinks Black is better again. Many of us are in search of ways to play against the Sicilian to avoid knowing zillions of variations in the main lines. If you like this one then that's cool. In these days of engine analysis whatever you put up is easy to analyse.

[@RaghavShetty-Chess]

Hello Kaspa,I played once this variation, As black played a6 I played preparatory move to stop b5 break from black But all of sudden black played Nc6 to Nb4 ,made havoc on Q- side. How can white prevent such possible attack from black?

[@JohnS-il1dr]

11:19 isn't White's d-pawn hanging? If that falls black will have control of the d-file

[@kaspachessofficial]

Please note that Black is down a full piece at the expense of that hanging pawn.💟

[@claytonbenignus4688]

If I played the Sicilian, I would be well versed in the highly theoretical Maroczy Bind to anticipate this system. Black's Move 3 is problematic in that it blocks f5, the natural liberating move against the Maroczy Bind even though King side activity for Black is frowned upon.

[@kaspachessofficial]

I like your quick analysis regarding Black's move 3. Thanks for the idea. 👍

[@claytonbenignus4688]

I lost too many Sicilians. The Maroczy Bind loss was a painful one. That's why I'm a French Player.

[@kaspachessofficial]

@@claytonbenignus4688 Me too, and that's why I decided to make this video so that others can learn about this system as well.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΦρεντζάς]

The typical breaks for Black against a Maroczy are ....b5, ....d5 and ...f5, and the last one is the least desirable, as it permanently saddles Black with a worse pawn structure. It's an active plan for sure, but also quite compromising. 3...Nf6 is just fine, under any aspect. @KaspaChess A lot of questionable suggestions (how can you say that little pawn moves like ...d6 and ...a6 are useless? Far from it!), but what about @10:30 17.exf6 Bh8? Black is ready to get his piece back when white's position has many weaknesses, so he maybe has to play 18.Nd5, but then the nice exchange sacrifice 18...Rxd5 19.Rxd5 dxe3 looks very strong- Black has complete domination on the dark squares after capturing the f6 pawn (I see no good way to protect it), and the "weak" e3 pawn is very annoying. And this is not the whole story- after an eventual ...Nd4 and a light-squared bishop swap Black's queen will be quite annoying on the long light-squared diagonal. The whole Ne2-Nf4 idea to temporarily prevent ...d5 and then knight back to e2 is very time consuming, and Black should be more than fine. Also @3:40 I see nothing wrong with something like 6...g5 7.Nh5 Nxh5 8.Qxh5 h6. Black will play ...d6, ...Bg7, ...Bd7 and ...Qe7 to be ready to castle long when needed (this shouldn't be a priority, the king is quite safe at e8), and white has two "great" weak dark squares (d4, b4) while threatening nothing in particular. Last, but not least, Vishy's ...Ne8 against Leinier Dominguez is not aimed at playing the horrible...f5, but rather ...Nc7-Ne6 and gain control over the weak d4 square. For the record, this was a BLITZ game, and Dominguez was totally lost around move 18 or so. This game just proves that even Super GM's can screw things in blitz time control.

[@mislavivkovic9996]

@@claytonbenignus4688 sicilian is opening for the People who like and who do well in tactics french is more positional opening

[@douglasscovil3447]

Black can easily go Nd4, and then he has a great outpost for his N. It will take at least a couple of moves to dislodge Black's N, so I don't see how this "attack" by White really does anything.

[@kaspachessofficial]

True, just like any other opening, this opening does have some pros and cons as well. But Nd4 doesn't guarantee Black to have a forever winning position. At worst, that's why I recommended the move Nge2 before playing pawn to g3.

[@kaspachessofficial]

This is to say that, the purpose of the Knight on e2, is to face Nd4. See how Super GM's handle that here: -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4Kwh5utfthsrZY Thank you ❤️

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΦρεντζάς]

As a rule, Black could go for ...Nc6-d4 in this stcucture when he has two more forces controlling d4, and white has a knight at c3 AND a bishop at e3, because he cannot capture there with the e2 knight (because of the fork). Capturing with the bishop is positionally wrong (several potentially weak dark squares after this). If this is not the case, the knight can stay at c6 for a while- d4 is certainly enough not an "outpost" if that piece can be safely exchanged and a pawn taking its place!

[@argentina8312]

Ilove this channel

[@msn140]

How to remember all this moves and variations ?

[@jalalqassimkodi9544]

Thanks a lot ..! You have an impressive explanation.. I love it.. go a head may Allah bless you..

[@kaspachessofficial]

Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏

[@cezartech112]

Goof opening, thanks.

[@coconutz247]

how to protect the hole at d4?

[@zainquadri1206]

Never mind that, at the end of his loooooooooong and painful variation which ends at @11:00 the pawn on d3 falls with black in an absolutely safe position AND with best play FOR white g3 also falls in the end... If he tries to save g3 he has to sac the exchange and play a worse position... He doesn't know what he's talking about...

[@Vuk7912]

Just learn, how to play the Sicilian with both colors, like the titled players have done it. It helps improve the overall knowledge about Chess. Second tipp: Learn the closed Sicilian. Chess is all about learning, if someone try to avoid that ... Why would they play the game ? This game is not recommended for lazy People. This is my opinion.

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Of course chess is dificult already i love to play sicilian i dont like Alapin or any another antisicilian

[@kaspachessofficial]

You are very right and I'm glad you mentioned the word "Titled Players" in your comment. But kindly note that even Super GM's themselves, do play the Maroczy Bind to avoid Black's complications. E.g. See how a Super GM managed to hold the mighty Vishy Anand & MVL with this system here: ->″ kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4Kwh5utfthsrZY It's not every time you wake up very energetic and ready to face very complex openings such as the Sicilian, and that's where this system comes in to relieve you from that stress. Thank you!💟

[@shtazi9770]

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[@paulmahinay2183]

Nice one..another educating tactic