Chess Openings: How to Punish Sicilian Najdorf Players with Grand Prix Attack!!

Chess Opening:
Closed Sicilian - 2...d6 - Grand Prix Attack
1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 d6
3.f4
0:00 Intro
2:27 3...Nc6
4:02 3...e6
21:28 3...g6
Chess International Master and FIDE Senior Trainer, Miodrag Perunovic.
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[@gilangramanda3643]

You're channel is so underrated it's insane! You teach these openings in depth and with very passionate energy yet you only gain a few..

[@Tophbbq]

Excellent video Mio, I've been working on learning the Alapin against the Sicilian but this looks super fun and I'm going to give it a try :D

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

This is easier for playing (attacking) 😉

[@bradleyreese5156]

Another amazing video! Love your instruction!

[@kithmalgunawardana6686]

Omg best pawn attack i ever saw. Btw engine always says its minus -0.5 for white after four ot five moves.idk why

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Your lectures are Always the best, thanks I.M. Perunovic!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks man!

[@ugurtoy1231]

great expression and presentation , thank you Mio..:) for everything..

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Cheers man!

[@bortje100]

Still super enjoyable mister Mio. U give the best lectures with loads of different lines. Keep it up!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks a lot Panda! 🐼 I appreciate your kindness 😊

[@mayday7675]

One of those videos where you know to press like before watching. This one was much anticipated and much appreciated. Thanks for the great analysis as always! Your energy and vocal emphasis was exceptional in this one too. I can tell you're excited to play this!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

I am excited about this line as well as 3.d4 Carlsen’s variation from the course vs 2...d6!

[@brunobournique3118]

Wonderful Miodrag ! Excellent. You are so enthousiastic, so precise and honnest in the variations. So much information... Great great thanks to you for such a massive and clear work.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks 😊

[@user-if7ff3bq7u]

This a6 line is the one I was looking for, thank you! I'm going to kill even more and stronger opponents with the GPA now!!!

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

Another fantastic lesson, thanks Mio!💪 I used to think closed = boring but thanks to your lessons I understood that I was utterly wrong

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks 😊

[@RaptureReady2025]

I really enjoyed this as been studying GPA recently as an an anti Sicilian... GPA Sicil for the KILL baby!! Thanks Big Mio!!! 👏👏👏

[@vffzbr]

Great, great video! Thank you a lot for this perfect explanation. Cheers from Brazil

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[@anonemoose7879]

I had no idea I needed this in my repertoire, very nice attacking chances and some of the lines really seem to keep black on the back foot if they don’t defend perfectly. Great video Mio!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Cheers bro 💪

[@willyh.r.1216]

Very helpful and detailed presentation on GPA. Thank you Bro.

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👍

[@marioseider70]

Video je super, hvalaa puno, bas prolazim sada short and sweet butcher the sicilian course, fenomenalan! Pozz iz Hrvatske!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Pozdrav Mario, srecno i sve najbolje sa analizama! 👍

[@Hugo87pl]

Guy! You are amazing with you video! :D

[@letsexplore2296]

Hi Mio !! How are you? I am e4 player and Many of my opponents play the accelerated dragon which I really hate to face . Would you make a video on white repertoire against accelerated Dragon ? Thanks for this amazing lecture and good luck for your future videos .

[@nrzidro7580]

i think this was just a coincidence but in 9:05 i do believe that white should take the knight instead of the pawn, given the black pieces can equalize by Bf6,...i guess awesome video tho, i do learned a lot

[@djsw5355]

i like so much much your videos always chess seems so easy here everything so clear its not magic but hard work = bravo 👏🙏🤩

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Cheers! 🍾

[@ybowman7592]

wonderful i play theses lines and needed to see this

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

You’re on the right channel 😉

[@ybowman7592]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial it feels like the right channel this is @chessoptics from Instagram and you tube

[@ybowman7592]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial can I send you one of my games from lichess?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Send it 👍

[@tonysu8860]

Nice video. Only recently I've been thinking about regular Najdorf lines transposing into Grand Prix lines when White has an advantage as described in this video. I started out looking for Black refutations, but not finding any believe it's just better to try to avoid these positions as Black (when playing the Najdorf).

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks Tony

[@Aljehans]

Dear Mio thank you very much for these videos. 2:50 into the video you talk about playing 5. Bb5 to take on c6 and it will transpose into previous lines. But if black replies with 5. - Bb7, 6. Bxc6 - Bxc6..... I cannot find this line in any of your great GPA videos. I have researched the line in Chessbase and it seems like black often get out better than white. Am I missing something here? :) Thank you for a great channel B.R. Anders

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

You’re probably not missing anything, but apart from the fact that black doesn’t have broken pawn structure, everything else regarding white’s plan remains the same!

[@Aljehans]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Thank you very much! I am really enjoying this opening :)

[@tristanlanoix6811]

Very interested in the BTS course, but question: does the 30$ version have all the trainable things? is the difference between the 200$ and the 30$ just videos? or will i miss out on extra lines if i only get the 30$?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

You have most of the things in the PGN, problem is that with the video you get definitely some additional lines, much more in explaining things clearly and in details and lots of people told me that the video gives them easier and more interesting approach for watching, remembering and keeping the attention better!

[@erichu2264]

Hi Miodrag, what do you think of the King's Indian attack against the French defence?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

It’s very nice and could be very annoying for Black players!

[@mariogaric2372]

32:01 No, we haven't checked 7. ... Nf6 after 7. 0-0 sir, we've checked 6. ... Nf6 after 6. Bc4 but i guess it's the same 8. e5 gives White a better position after 8. ... dxe5 9. fxe5 and on 9. ...Ng4 or 9. ...Nh5 10. Bxf7 or on 9. ...Ng8 10. Ng5 is winning for White. At least i think so ... i hope it helps. Thanks for wonderful videos and Lectures btw. I am from Umag and a big fan of yours , see you in Portorož i hope :-)

[@Matthew-he3jw]

@Miodrag Great video, but I don't think you realise how hard it is for lower-rated players like myself to advance our kingside pawns after castling short: it violates the opening principle of protecting the king which coaches drum into us. I always castle long (after Be3 and Qd2) and only then try a pawn storm; is this wrong?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

It is absolutely understandable Matthew! Believe it or not, I always teach my students to play like that 👍 It is fairly easy plan and gives White nice attacking prospects!

[@Matthew-he3jw]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Thanks Miodrag, I'll keep watching your videos as I'm learning a lot 😀

[@Marhakesh]

At Minute 30:11: you suggested answering ...Qb6 with Rb1. Can't black just take on C3? ... Bc3x because the b pawn is pinned to the rook.

[@estest4051]

You sac your rook on b1 and then go Bh6. Qf6 and Qg7 # is unstoppable.

[@estest4051]

Hello! Great videos on GPA, I tried it and I am having a blast so far! I've bought your course (Butcher the Sicilian) at chessable but first I would like to play with GPA a bit, because I play Vienna as white after e4 and Dutch as black and thus I can use my experience with similar structures and plans. As black, when I was playing the Sicilian, it seemed to me that the most natural approach to GPA was to play e6 and d5 as fast as possible e.g. 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5: if white takes, then pawn f4 just looks stupid, if not, black has a nice center and can do anything, white can't damage black's structure because after 5.Bb5 Ne7 can be played... How would you deal with it, optimally to get similar positions as in the GPA main or Najdorf lines? Is 4. Bb5 a good idea to push the game in this direction? And what to do with 2...e6 and 3...d5? I looked through your videos and couldn't find any answers to this natural approach. Have I missed anything? Are you planning some videos on 3...e6 in the future? It would be great!

[@babloojai6553]

don't you have this GPA and closed sicilian lines in your butcher the sicilian chessable course??

[@estest4051]

@@babloojai6553 Mio does not suggest GPA in his course. He mostly goes for 3.Nge2 lines.

[@babloojai6553]

or atleast closed sicilian?

[@estest4051]

@@babloojai6553 Yeah, he suggests some ways of playing closed sicilian against this set-up and they are quite interesting. It's just not the GPA setup.

[@babloojai6553]

@@estest4051 thanks

[@misiu6559]

30:28 Im making my study on lichess following your moves and thats a big blunder knight takes knight is +6 and knight d5 is -3 haha, apart from that great video

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks, show where did you mean that, so I can correct mistake

[@misiu6559]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial the moment i pointed out 30:28 Knight d5 is a blunder you should take the black knight on e5 :)

[@estest4051]

Could you tell us how it is a blunder? What should black play? While Nxe5 seems more precise, Nd5 is also clearly winning as far as my engine sees it.

[@emtcours9814]

Yo amo !!!!

[@cz19856]

hi mio, what about 2.e6? do you still go for f4?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Check out my Chessable course Butcher the Sicilian, it is on sale now… I go with Chameleon system 3.Nge2…

[@cz19856]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial thanks!

[@babloojai6553]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial do you have this GPA and closed sicilian lines in your butcher the sicilian chessable course?? i'm thinking to buy your course but not sure whether these lines included or not

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

@@babloojai6553 I do gave it just from different order of moves!

[@babloojai6553]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial just bought it in chessable thanks👍

[@zakariarouzi1698]

thanks for the great content as you always do ! but in 30:10 Rb1 is a blunder because of BxNc3! and you lost

[@Matthew-he3jw]

No, White wins by force, starting with 1 Ng5, threatening Qh7#, Black can't advance pawn h6 because Bishop no longer protects it, so Rook has to move to provide escape square (if instead ...1 Kg7, then 2 Qxh7+ Kf6 3 e5+ Kxe5 (not Nxe5 (or dxe5) Ne4# (f pawn is pinned)) 4 Qg7+ f6 5 Nf3#) but White then mates with 2 Qxh7+ and 3 Qxf7, as the g7 square has been vacated.

[@Marhakesh]

But you can play h5 instead of h6.

[@estest4051]

You sac your rook on b1 and then go Bh6. Qf6 and Qg7 # is unstoppable.

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[@chessaspire1432]

SIR DON'T LIKE KINGS INDIAN DEFENCE AS BLACK.PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH OLD INDIAN DEFENCE.IN DETAILS

[@chessaspire1432]

SIR CAN YOU MAKE A CONCLUSIVE VIDEO ON OLD INDIAN DEFENCE AS BLACK

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Sir can you stop using caps?

[@chessaspire1432]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial sorry sir

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Let’s make the Old Indian soon :) Cheers! 🥂

[@chessaspire1432]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial sir also one thing lines where black plays Qe8 unlike the classical way

[@chessaspire1432]

sir in details sir please

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