Closed Sicilian - Chess Opening

[@neilweaver2356]

2... Nc6 1:55 3... g6 2:50 3... Nf6 3:33 4... e5 3:39 5... g6 3:51 5... e7 4:00 4... d6 4:10 4... d5 4:28 3... d6 6:05 4... Nf6 6:34 2... e5 6:47 3... Nc6 6:59 3... Nf6 7:08 3... g6 7:13 4... Nc6 7:44 5... Bg7 7:53 6. Nb5 d6 8:10 7. Ng5 Qxg5 8... Kd8 9:11 8... Kf8 9:19 2... d6 9:44 3... Nc6 9:56 2... Nf6 10:19

[@charlespg3d190]

It goes right and then left and right and then left. Bros building a roller coaster

[@Rafa-dt9dd]

The queens gambit brought me here

[@junmararrabis4592]

Same

[@slimypickles9009]

Lol same

[@amudhaekambaram4126]

Same

[@TheBramVermeulen]

What they refer to as the closed sicilian in the series is not actually the closed sicilian btw. They played a rossolimo (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5) The closed sicilian start with 2. Nc3

[@nicbentulan]

@@TheBramVermeulen i was wondering about that. but i figured it was maybe like different textbooks have different definitions

[@hardikthakkar1]

Ne2 is more preferred than nf3. Ne2 followed by castle and push f4-f5 opening rook and queen diagonally.

[@furqanxz]

Yeaah

[@mirsadajdari]

Nice seeing him active

[@van1976]

A "crossover" Bonus .... I for one, will say playing Chess, ..... helps my GUITAR PLAYING CONCENTRATION....especially memorizing pieces. Thanks Kevin! 5 STARS! --Van

[@brain5531]

Never heard that there’s a closed Sicilian wow Kevin thanks for the vid

[@brain5531]

But I won’t ever fianchetto my bishop on the color of my center pawn unless I can trade my center pawn or my bishop the color of my center pawn off very quick

[@raghavanraju]

Excellent following all ur videos most helpful for my tournament. trying for Grandmaster

[@johnp845]

when my opponent starts as white with king's pawn to e4, and I respond as black with Sicilian pawn to c5, and then white responds with queen's side knight to c3 (closed Sicilian), is there a specific initial Sicilian black defense version (? a6 O'Kelly, ? d6 Najdorf, ? e6 French, ? queen side knight to c6, ? king side knight to f6, ? other) that works best against white's closed Sicilian (in order for me to know what best 2nd move I should make as black) ? thank you for all you have done for the chess community!

[@pjerrin27]

At 4:54 why not c4 by white? This defends the d4 pawn and threatens Qa4+ with a potential material gain - the knight on b4.

[@xega3580]

Black can play Bf5 attacking the c2 pawn, and threatening a fork on the king and rook, in that case if white goes on the attack with Qa4+, then black simply gambits a pawn with b5 and after Qxb5+, Bd7 and the queen is just in a tough spot, with black having a lead in development. The knight on b4 is protected by the pawn. c4 it's not losing but it's drawn as black is able to get more development in than white as compared to Nf3 where white still has a slight advantage

[@DarthRevan42]

I have learned so much from your channel

[@LeslieB73]

Love your chess videos!

[@demetriusdemarcusbartholom8063]

So many variations for the Sicilian

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Thanks. Shalom. 🤝

[@maleperson2449]

I can never use the Sicilian. I play b5, knight b6 and without fail the Queen comes out and I have my bishops blocked in. Drives me nuts. What am I doing wrong?!

[@gamerdio2503]

Do you mean c5 and c6?

[@maleperson2449]

@@gamerdio2503 yeah

[@gamerdio2503]

@@maleperson2449 Can you give a specific list of moves that are being played?

[@maleperson2449]

@@gamerdio2503 To be honest no. I can't remember what I was doing wrong three months ago but I'm a little better at the Sicilian now. So I guess it was something pretty mind blowingly stupid since I don't study or anything 😂 Thanks anyway though.

[@kevinkendziora434]

Thank you for the video! Good to have this in my back pocket.

[@urinetzer3276]

You should do a video on the Catalan and a video going deeper on the english

[@khalidrabei4975]

I wish if the sound was higher

[@oli.outside]

Ever since the queens gambit aired i realized i was meant for this

[@zaaxi7424]

chess existed before that tv show btw ;)

[@meganbirch0]

@@zaaxi7424 I think they know that. But what they mean is it inspired them as it did with alot of people.

[@AJSchnell]

@@zaaxi7424 The inspiration came from that tv show btw ;)

[@HenryMcCraken4]

No views? No likes? No comments? Allow me to do the honors...

[@sleepy4x]

I think at 8:31 Black simply plays Nh6 and castles. Then the Nb5 gets driven back with a6. I do not like the Bc4 idea when g3 is played.

[@kirxi3905]

I accidentally played the closed sicilian as white since black played c5 and d6

[@redflameken]

knight f "thrix", very relatable lol

[@haldworkin1027]

What if after 2....Nc6 black follows up with e6 to prepare to push to d5 (possibly with playing Nf6 or Ne7 to also prepare the d5 break)? This is usually how I play against the closed Sicilian as black. It's a little slow, but I find usually allows me to gain control of the center as black.

[@abhijeetgore310]

Kevin Make videos on Tata steel blitz India 2019

[@lordgresham8089]

Thank you for the video. Are you a GM, Kevin? What's your rating? I've been watching your vids for so long, I'm just curious. Thanks again.

[@SkateAwayTheDay]

did you say knight f thrix?

[@robertbrandywine]

Why is this called the "Closed" Silican? In what way is it closed?

[@soobpl]

Who the hell plays 2. Nc3 e5?? ? I've literally never seen anyone play e5 in their second move in this position. It seems so bad for Black

[@hi-dg7sx]

Most people watching this searched for Sicilian defense after watching queens gambit

[@chesswebsite]

Definitely a high percentage is my guess. I'm ok with that.

[@hi-dg7sx]

@@chesswebsite I am in love with chess again after watching queens Gambit ...it's a masterpiece

[@YourSelfImprovementCoach]

This is very helpful I have my school chess tournament soon and I’m playing against a good player who plays Sicilian hyper excellerated dragon variation

[@k.4753]

how did it go?

[@santiagoporcell4148]

If they play that variation they can’t be that good

[@Martin-qb2mw]

Good stuff

[@Gomorrastudios]

The Bowdler attack is more fun..

[@mirsadajdari]

True I love playing it against the Sicilian!

[@GooberBossMan]

As a 500 i only play closed

[@faizalkhan3042]

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[@clashkingdom3647]

if you are a good chess player you know these moves are not that good and aggressive there are more powerfull moves than in this video

[@soobpl]

They're not supposed to be aggressive. They're supposed to be a counter play for classic open Sicilian defense variations. They're good for weaker players who don't wanna memorise tons of lines

[@dphill96]

Cool, thank you

[@martea726]

Just used this and I kicked ass

[@dublessfreeless65]

Who clicked as fast as possible when the video popt up

[@freedom9729]

Oh heck yeah

[@MrSupernova111]

I really hate this opening from the black perspective and I'm tired of seeing it. I'm going to explore some aggressive replies including any potential gambits. I feel that at my level most people playing the closed sicilian from the white side are playing out of fear. If I wanted a nice quiet game I would play checkers.

[@dublessfreeless65]

First

[@lessguessmorechess681]

First

[@lessguessmorechess681]

Yay finally got first comment

[@HenryMcCraken4]

No u didn't I did