Ever since I watched your Ponziani and Hippo videos I geat crazy results up to 1800 and even plus 2000 when not serious. I have used Wing before, hit and miss above 1400, but, the delayed version is crazy intresting! Thank you.
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Woah! Well first off... CONGRATS! That's amazing progress, and you got it brotha. Glad to help assist! Keep it up!
@topnotcher2318 ай бұрын
30 mins of watching this video means a lot. More power to your channel. Continue to upload instructive videos like this. God bless you man..
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching brother, I'm glad you enjoyed it. God bless you too!
@SkyWise-mb7wk5 ай бұрын
Thanks, Solomon! Lots of great ideas. I had seen Perunovic's, (The Butcher),detailed analysis of the Mengarini variation, which was good, but this has some fresh ideas, for a number of blacks responses. I like your slower paced and thoughtful discussion of the middle game possibilities.
@WalterReade8 ай бұрын
Grand Prix Attack, all day.
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Hey Walter... forgot if we went over the name or not... but apparently the bishop on e2 in the Grand Prix is called the British Grand Prix!
@WalterReade8 ай бұрын
@@TheChessGiant I didn't know that! Thanks!!
@TheChessGiant7 ай бұрын
🙏🏼🤝
@andrewcarter75038 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that the three main games played with chess pieces are "chess", "the Ruy Lopez" and "the Sicilian". 🙂
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Hahaha this is facts!!
@koenhoffer57537 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Very useful!!!
@TheChessGiant7 ай бұрын
You got it! And glad you liked it!! This is my favorite way to play against the Sicilian Defense
@Edouard78008 ай бұрын
following you for a while and i can say you are onenomm of the best chess content creator, you have taught me a lot a good lines that helped so much!! Make chess funnier than ever.
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Dude thank you man I appreciate the kind words. I'm glad the videos have given you some tools to work with and have helped your game progress. More on the way! Hope your 2024 is off to a good start!
@prplt8 ай бұрын
this is what Gotham recommends too 😂
@hata62908 ай бұрын
And WTC 😳
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Oh shoot!
@walterbrownstone80178 ай бұрын
I have lots of experience with the Portsmouth so I can tell you right now this looks like a better variation.
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Very dangerous chess opening option for white!
@billi92308 ай бұрын
Bro studied the Najdorf and play the Hippo now Rip
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
WHAT HAVE I BECOME.
@MarkW1268 ай бұрын
The problem with the Sicilian is that you never get to play the Sicilian anymore. I tested it out for a while. 7% of my games were open or closed Sicilians, and everything else was a sideline or gimmick.
@TheJJO8 ай бұрын
Those are sidelines and gimmicks for a reason... They give up whites opening advantage and give black equality. It's not a bad trade off
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
WOW. That right there is an astounding stat. So many players simply don't want to touch that Main Line!
@hodgeknobbler98488 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks!
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
You got it! And thanks for the kind words!
@RussSur18 ай бұрын
I love the Mengarini! I just wish beginner players at my level would play Nc6 against it. I eventually abandoned the Delayed Wing Gambit, for now, since I was never getting the fun continuations I hoped for. Maybe after a few hundred more Elo...
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Hey Russ! Ya isn't it strange how some chess openings actually work BETTER AGAINST STRONGER players!?? Who wouldv'e thought. I would guess that around 1400-1600+ range is really when this opening starts to become good. (Funny because we usually think of openings working UNTIL a certain point but with this it seems to be the opposite....)
@dmr2888 ай бұрын
Great content!
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you are liking it. Let me know if you have any questions or need some help with how you approach playing against the Sicilian Defense!
@RangerKs0adandchess8 ай бұрын
Oh man, this looks like so much fun, but all the experience I have with the Grand Prix Attack... Dilema.
@scarletovergods8 ай бұрын
I've been playing a3 for quite a while now and if black accepts the gambit I have a very fun game and if black plays d6 or g6 I just go for the grand prix attack
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Love this approach!
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
You can always merge them? See how it goes? Play a3 and if they don't go for a fun Nc6/e6 line then just go into your Grand Prix? Just an idea. But ya... always tough when you got two chess openings that are fun.
@fredheinz11342 ай бұрын
An interesting line which partially accepts the gambit (takes one pawn, but not the other): e4 c5 a3 e6 b4 cxb (accepts) axb Nf6 (declines, instead of Bxb4) e5 Nd5 b5 d6. Which side do you prefer? Can white still carry out a strong attack?
@TalesOfHeilotia8 ай бұрын
Good stuff.
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Thanks brotha, glad you liked the ideas!
@scarletovergods8 ай бұрын
I've been playing a3 for quite a while and if black plays d6 or g6 I just go for the grand prix attack
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
That's a solid way to play it! Magnus Carlsen played a3 and when he saw a quiet move he played Nc3/Bc4/d3 etc - the Grand Prix works well too!
@hata62908 ай бұрын
Solo is golden chess content thank you
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Thank you brotha for the kind words, humbled.
@Edouard78008 ай бұрын
i have to say while i was playing this line i've faced a lot of b7 sterile position where i had really no plan trying to surprise my opponent in blitz i was the one to think at move 3, i know we have to keep it simple and dont take but it seems so solid for black how are you playing it !?
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
You mean if black plays g6 and just never takes on b4? You said b7 and I'm confused on what you mean by this... thanks!!
@Edouard78008 ай бұрын
@@TheChessGiant Mb i mean on B4 they just solidify their structure lead by C5 by playing b6* What's your plan for the next moves in this situation?
@TheChessGiant7 ай бұрын
Ya so in this situation white often captures on c5 and then just develops with both rooks trying to get to that b-file. I still have to study this a bit but you bring up a GREAT question. In all honesty b6 is one of the most annoying moves black can play.
@tobias44116 ай бұрын
The good news is that 3...b6 is only played 8% of the games. But, I totally agree it's annoying when happens so a good line for this could be the following: 1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 3.b4 b6 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Nd2 Nf6 (...a5 9.b5 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.Bd3 d6 12.0-0) 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Bb2 0-0 11.0-0 d6. We unfortunately have no fireworks or tricky traps here available, but an equal, solid position and just continue to play ordinary chess. This is what I can come up with, studying the database of the most played moves for black combining best moves for white according to engine. Good luck!
@Edouard78006 ай бұрын
@@tobias4411 Yeah at least knowing the plan leading to a equal position is a victory. Thanks for the line dude, I'm more in 1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 and going grand prix attack now but definitely should try this line more often
@JamesHouzvicka-ur4tc4 ай бұрын
How about 2...g6
@TheTinkywinky319 күн бұрын
Defense?
@abdelhamidmeriouma82488 ай бұрын
it's my f1st time i fiend you online
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
Welcome to the channel! ALWAYS feel free to send me any chess related questions you may have or any chess opening content/general chess content you'd want to see covered on the channel!
@JamesHouzvicka-ur4tc4 ай бұрын
2....a5 or 2....d5
@craigebailey53188 ай бұрын
Black could easily meet a4 with a5
@craigebailey53188 ай бұрын
I meant a3
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
This is very true BUT the square of b5 is now a terrible weakness for black for the rest of the game. So many Sicilian Defense lines rely on an a6-b5 break and this is simply out the window now...
@TheChessGiant8 ай бұрын
This is very true BUT the square of b5 is now a terrible weakness for black for the rest of the game. So many Sicilian Defense lines rely on an a6-b5 break and this is simply out the window now...