CRUSH the Sicilian | The Mengarini Gambit

[@SimenStaabyKnudsen]

Awesome, thanks for the video! Btw, I believe 12:18 is a king/queen fork as well! You don't need to exchange queens.

[@LordVeznan]

My friend loves playing the Sicilian, so this will be very useful! Thank you 😊. Your channel is very underrated, keep up the good work!

[@maxhenderson1890]

I'd recommend researching the Alapin, you get a very nice centre with the same tactics with na3

[@spinnysponk778]

@@maxhenderson1890 the problem with the Alapin is that it is easily countered with the move d5, as your opponent gets large amounts of acitivity with their queen without much punishment

[@maxhenderson1890]

@@spinnysponk778 I disagree. If e5 you just take, if queen takes then either nf3 or na3, with ideas for na3 of nb5, forcing the queen back to e8. If however that's not possible because they've played h6 prior to not allow you to do this, then either bc4 attacking the queen or nc4 with threat of nb6 forking rook and queen. White gets very quick development with tempo on the queen and black needs to be very careful.

[@johncalvo1743]

At 19:41, instead of moving the knight to c4, you can STILL move it to b5. If the pawn takes, you can take his rook with your a1 rook.

[@Ilovemarvelll]

Well, you can, but it is an innacuracy or a blunder, depending on how you continue. If after Nb5 Qd8, you play d5, black has Na5 allowing for the capture of the knight in the next move by unpinning the pawn. If after Nb5 Qd8 you play Bf4, it is a blunder, because black goes e5, dxe5, Qxd1 Rxd1 and axb5, and black ends up with a knight and pawn extra. And if after Bf4 e5 you play Bxe5, then Nxe5 dxe5 and the sqme thing again

[@G-chess_channel]

Honestly this is pretty cool. Like every sicilian player prob researches like Najdorf, Sveshnikov, or like Dragon or Kan and probably won’t look at a3. Cool surprise weapon

[@Kommaer]

1160 daily just lost his horse :0 unbelievable :) This is easy my favorite opening jet! Thank You so much for covering this! Good Luck!

[@MeiaNove]

Hi, tks for the open! I play it and no one analysis it like you! tks

[@vowkix9003]

i actually love to play the mengarini and this video helped me!

[@lyubomirkirilov780]

You love to cheese and get found out at 50 ranking points above your level.

[@rjagda]

17:51 the move used here is the C Knight moving away but why doesn't the F Knight not just take the D pawn? It's only got one defender while Black has two attackers so I wasn't sure what follow ups involve that line

[@Volclus]

They can’t! If Qxd5 then Nc7+ forking. If Nxd5, then Qxd5! Qxd5, and Nc7+ forking and ultimately winning a piece

[@rjagda]

Ah right the pressure on c7 is causing all sorts of ruckus. Didn't consider a queen sac because I forgot it basically isn't a sac at all! Thanks!

[@roland.j.ruttledge]

Fantastic... covered all the bases. Many thanks UK

[@lamaofthesituation216]

This is sooo cool! Loved this variation

[@TweetyFam]

Thanks for fulfilling my request! You are the GOAT! :) Edit: 14:12 Can't black take the g2 pawn with the queen? Also, 19:30 can't I simply play that previous knight move because of that rook pin? Edit 2: Please reply...

[@Volclus]

At 14:12, if they capture g2 then you want to capture the bishop with check, most likely Kd7, then Dxe5! Sacrificing the rook, but if they capture then Kf1! and an eventual Bd5 will come and the queen is trapped. May make a short on this because it is a lil complicated. At 19:30, if we still play Nb5, it is not terrible for us, but we get a line similar to the e6 trap. The problem is black can have the ability to long-castle with a check after trading queens, while simultaneously escaping the pin. At the end of the day, we give black the advantage for no good reason. Hope this answers your questions!

[@iqueron8890]

Omg. After I watch your video I literally playing against Sicilian and it took him 30 sec to move after A3. And then I can't get the trap because he play pawn D6 scared of some trap. But then we develop just like this 4:19 . I can feel his anxiety because how confident I am to move my knight back to his starting square. And then he resign with 10 sec left of his time and we don't even finish our opening yet 😂.

[@tobibecker5723]

Hey man, where do you get all these traps from?:) is there a nice book or something like that? If not,maybe you can come up with one, your collection is just awesome

[@Volclus]

I just find them through researching openings and such.

[@senku7300]

14:20, wanna ask what if the black queen captures g2?

[@etacarinae0]

Capture the d6 bishop, king moves, then rook to g1. After Qxh2 you can play dxe5 and you'll have a very strong knight controlling lots of squares

[@justno2776]

gonna annoy my friends so much with this

[@platt-bs]

What about Qa5 after Na3?

[@mince-raft7368]

What if Qa5 after Na3? Bb2 then?

[@mikemosc3254]

im gonna watch this and not remember jack shit when i go play lmao

[@Carlos-Kaki]

19:42 can’t you just play knight to b5 because is he takes with the pawn you just take rook on a8

[@Volclus]

That's actually a great find I missed when analyzing, essentially Qd8, and we get a similar line to the e6 variation, where black can have a small advantage due to rapid development, and an eventual long castle to escape the pin.

[@75hilmar]

2:22 looks like a mirrored Lindon system tbh

[@b-reyer8252]

12:18 can't you just take the bishop on d6 and just fork the queen?

[@Volclus]

Yes actually, I was just making a point about the queen moving and then being able to trade queens then capture, but I guess I didn’t see it

[@dentaylor5412]

Also known as the wing Gambit isn’t it?

[@TweetyFam]

Delayed wing gambit

[@Volclus]

Wing gambit is the immediate b4 after c5, this delayed version is better practically and objectively

[@chessdude1977]

Here is game by Alexi Sarana Black Wins 1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nc3 (5. Qf3) 5... e6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. Qd2 (8. Nb5 Qb8 9. Qc1 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7) 8... a6 9. O-O-O (9. Bf4) 9... b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Nce2 a5 13. Bc4 a4 14. d4 Na5 15. b3 axb3 16. cxb3 Nxb3+ * 0-1

[@ibarix]

nope, 2...Nc6 IS NOT objectively the best move for black in the position. GMs play g6 and the engine at depth 47 also says g6 so no. that is a false information.

[@v0ik4s]

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[@Volclus]

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[@rivercraft5200]

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[@Volclus]

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[@alexanderbrown854]

why you steal the rooks guide videos??

[@Volclus]

Look at the upload dates

[@senviji5162]

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Who is rooks guide

[@therookguide]

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[@doone8849]

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[@lyubomirkirilov780]

Teach people how to play well, please, not how to cheese.