How to WIN with the Grand Prix Attack!

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Grand Prix Attack vs the Sicilian Defense
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0:00 Intro
0:41 Theory
13:14 Game 1
24:15 Game 2
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 (2... a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. e5) (2...
d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6) (2... e6 3. f4 d5 (3... a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nh3) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ (5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3) 5... Bd7 6. Qe2) (2... g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3) 3. f4 d6 (3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 (4... d6) 5. Bc4 (5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qh4) 5... e6 6. f5 (6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3 d4 9. Ne2) 6... gxf5 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb3) (3... e6 4. Nf3 d5 (4... a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2) 5. Bb5 Nge7 (5... dxe4 6. Nxe4) 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. b3) 4. Nf3 a6 (4... Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3) (4... g6 5. Bc4 (5. Bb5) 5... Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 (7. f5 gxf5 8. d3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nf6) 7... Nge7 (7... Nf6 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Qh4 d5 10. exd5 exd5) 8. Qe1 O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh4 fxe4) (4... Bg4 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O) 5. a4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 Rb8 10. f5 Nd4 11. Qh4 Nxc2 12. Bh6 Nxa1 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Ng5 e6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxf6 Kxf6 17. Nxe6+ *
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[@camerondavis6607]

Hi Levy, I run the Chess society at my University in England and i just wanted to say how amazing it was this year to see so many new players coming into the society thanks to the queens gambit and then going on to watch your videos. It's really cool that one chess player in the states can have such a big impact on a small society on a different continent! Keep it up man

[@fakebent]

Shush

[@owenthemousey2268]

@@fakebent what do you have against nice people

[@fakebent]

@@owenthemousey2268 shush

[@alafiatemon3035]

Wholesomeness

[@sohidaterao1774]

@@fakebent if you want to be mean shut up works better

[@Mathemagical55]

The Grand Prix Attack is named after a tournament circuit in English chess in the 1980s where players could earn points at various tournaments during the course of the year leading to some decent cash prizes for the best scorers. The GPA was developed as an effective Sicilian-killer requiring minimal preparation and opening memorisation.

[@dhanvisuthar9826]

Oh ok

[@soufianea8831]

I appreciate this information

[@samuelms4004]

27:06 I bet Eric Rosen would be really happy to see such beauty: All the knights, 2 bishops and two rooks filling one diagonal in total symmetry...

[@firapuroki4571]

Damn. You are right. That is beautiful.

[@WordsByJordan]

I've just lost a tournament misplaying the grand Prix attack, I needed this video yesterday 😭

[@gopalkrishnan9732]

Time travel, let's go.

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Rip

[@aashisha2316]

Online or otb?

[@WordsByJordan]

Otb

[@akseliritola1890]

I have tournament tomorrow and I've been preparing grand prix whole weekend and now this video hits me!!

[@ib_aaravrakesh6830]

You know this stuff works both ways. A moment before watching this I got crushed pretty badly in a closed grand prix attack, and then after he introduced the a6 b5 line, I thought what the hell let's play some blitz and demolished someone a 100 rating points higher than me. This is true educational content, the satisfaction derived from it is immense. Levy is an absolute champ.

[@genedummac]

What can you say about this guy's COOL IDEA to get better at watching chess clock on games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnbdgZiroJp_jJo

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

i play the grand prix even tho i barely know the theory and a6 b5 is my most hated line

[@frostypotatos180]

@@didntwantmyrealnameanymore just play a4 bc4 and clamp on b5 and d5 and black kinda just has a lot of trouble breaking out

[@thestupidiots8770]

YYAYAYAYY GOTHAM ur so epic, u know I'm 15 and i play chess with my dad. He is quite good and used to beat me all the time, NOW with ur videos and more knowledge on chess im able to put up more of a challenge and win, im commenting early in hope u see this and know ur viewers appreciate u!!

[@lukeevans8119]

Honestly the only reason I started looking into chess theory at all was to be able to handle games against my dad ...now thanks to Levy and Eric Rosen and John Bartholomew and the chessbrahs I frequently beat my dad

[@genedummac]

What can you say about this guy's COOL IDEA to get better at watching chess clock on games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnbdgZiroJp_jJo

[@efulmer8675]

I also used to play chess against my dad a lot and that was what originally got me into chess: he was good and I aspired to be better. One of my (and probably his) proudest achievements as a kid was beating him for the first time in an absolutely grueling endgame where I had a rook and two pawns against bishop and knight (out of a semi-failed attacking sacrifice) and eventually queening a pawn and winning his knight, then winning the game.

[@nathanleech4933]

Apparently Magnus is a Gotham subscriber, and his opponent was a crushed noob in Levy’s opinion.

[@ElectroDragon16]

Lol

[@tyler1107]

I’m realizing the point of learning openings isn’t always actually learning the opening, it’s learning the ideas of the opening so you can apply them elsewhere. At least at an intermediate level. Or maybe I’m an idiot, either is possible.

[@kirbyknifeman2877]

Yep, this is true. I have one study on sicilian najdorf and there i told that you learn openings because of pattern recognition and ofc the opening theory. That was: e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 e5 where e5 is a mistake because of Bb5+ and if bishop blocks then take and go f5 to go to e3. If Nd7 then just simple Nf5. And then i also got to use this pattern in another game of philidor defense:- e4 e5 Nf3 d6 d4 exd4 Nxd4 c5 and the same pattern applies here.

[@gustavopinedagonzalez316]

@@kirbyknifeman2877 except c5 in philidor is theory not a mistake

[@kirbyknifeman2877]

@@gustavopinedagonzalez316 but still u remember u can do this and this is a valid choice Also i never said its a mistake its just some line u can know

[@mikebliss3153]

It's just pattern recognition.

[@zachr5779]

Yeah, like others have said it's pattern recognition. About a week ago in a game, I ended up in a very similar pattern to Legal's Mate but in the Anti-Fried Liver Defense when it originally arises out of the Philidor defense. Took me a couple of minutes to see it, but once you get used to seeing those patterns over and over you notice them in different positions.

[@kruksog]

I actually enjoy these more when you slip up or your opponent plays the critical line. It's fun to see your fans put up a fight! It's also nice to hear your thought process when you get into a dubious position from the opening. Thanks Levy!

[@4dragonzzz]

It makes me very sad that this isn't the recommendation against the Sicilian in the the E4 New York style course. It just seems like it has so many similar ideas to the Vienna which I really enjoy. I would like... pay for an add on or something to get this with drills and quizzes into the chessly course. I guess we all can't always get what we want though. lol

[@r3playyyy]

Couldnt agree more, seems like such a natural fit for the course.

[@blaise.belleza]

I think sometimes you should let lucy play on chess opening tutorials so we can see what is the power of openings with the same level of end game skills.

[@Nosikas]

Keep making these levy! I’d love to see some openings for black against d4 or a remake of some more old ones!

[@bc_7644]

Shhh don't let him know (this post was made by a 1. D4 player)

[@connerwitten4494]

How about Benoni

[@redteddy135]

grunfeld time

[@jcers]

Nimzo-Indian video would be awesome

[@wamiqulislam]

Would love to see a grunfeld video from him.

[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

Hi Levy, I love ur opening videos and guess the elo series! I know from one of ur videos where u played against hustlers that you don't know much about The Benko Gambit BUT I'd be happy if you could make a short video explaining the concepts of the opening. You manage to cover the general ideas of an opening in a very short amount of time and make it so easy to understand.

[@Charlie-gq9vu]

Love that these are coming back. Would be great to see new episodes on the French and QGD

[@TheChessGiant]

Both great opening recommendations Charlie!

[@elleviathan9261]

I want a new Sicilian too

[@violetstarsign]

10:19 Levy: "It's pretty unlikely you're gonna face a6-b5" Me: "He did mention this was the tricky line earlier, probably gonna go with this" Levy: "Sicilian players, when they watch this video, are gonna be like "Ooh, now I'm gonna play a6-b5 against the closed Sicilian." Me: *"CALLED THE HECC OUT"*

[@skyebrooks2160]

Inconceivable!

[@SCCH286]

@@skyebrooks2160 Underrated comment!

[@ShreyBrawlStars]

id just like to take a moment to say thank you to levy for punping out such entertaining content daily

[@genedummac]

What can you say about this guy's COOL IDEA to get better at watching chess clock on games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnbdgZiroJp_jJo

[@bhavishya9599]

Wtf shreyyy, you play chess!!!!??!?!?!

[@vuxigeck5281]

Oh, I remember this one! Back when I used to mainly play e4, I loved employing the Grand Prix in my games against the Sicilian. A delightful opening, honestly.

[@vuxigeck5281]

@ChessDracula In my games against the Sicilian.

[@TheChessGiant]

I second what you are saying about the Grand Prix Attack being delightful!

[@ydgames4291]

@ChessDracula closed

[@hirambodon7086]

13:39 absolutely shocking. I love when Black lets me trade off his light square bishop. As a Grand Prix player, the most appalling games I've played in the opening involve black getting that bishop to the a8-h1 diagonal. I mean you do what you have to, but I'm pretty allergic to that bishop in these positions.

[@PostTR69]

Awesome to see a video on the grand prix. I was board 1 for my highschool chess team and taught this to my students/team mates. I was also their coach since I was the strongest player at the school, including faculty, by far. Good times.

[@steelerfan6485]

Great Video! I've always wanted to learn more about the Grand Prix Attack. Another opening video I would love to see you do would be on the Benoni defense, and/or Benoni gambit. Thank again, your videos are always amazing!

[@TheKawww]

I’ve been playing Vienna game for a while excited to see what this is all about

[@damonpalovaara4211]

I beat a 1789 in a tournament using this opening after watching your video. Was a great feeling only being 1310. Ended in a force mate btw

[@jisooya7878]

Thanks Levy! Having fun learning from your opening videos.

[@eddierhino01]

I’ve been waiting so long for this video, thank you so much Levy. Also thanks for doing so many opening videos recently, they’re super instructional and fun

[@TheChessGiant]

Gotta love the Grand Prix!

[@marcosettembre]

24th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan:"Finalment: l'attacc ro gran premij"

[@roughlyunderscore]

ez I first

[@aaronfulcher5536]

Pog

[@dimitrimatteo6882]

Looks like French lol

[@genedummac]

What can you say about this guy's COOL IDEA to get better at watching chess clock on games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnbdgZiroJp_jJo

[@Hananotaka]

That second game was a great example of the other side of the GPA: positionally stifling Black’s queenside play. Remember that e5 to attack knight on f6; it’s highly thematic.

[@Kokurorokuko]

But Levy played g5 not e5

[@pauingles5810]

What's GPA

[@MIAMiKraneman]

@@pauingles5810 GPA = Grand Prix Attack

[@pauingles5810]

@@MIAMiKraneman my bad

[@Hananotaka]

Right, but when he analyzed it afterwards, the engine said he should have played e5. That e5 push is very common in those kinds of positions.

[@mastrake]

Your work is super - very high quality and so entertaining!

[@s1ushgaming]

Wow I like this opening a lot, as a chronic Vienna player I like to play the “normal” Vienna (not the gambit) like this with the move Qe1 eventually (after I’ve played Na4 and traded off the black bishop) and I have got a lot of wins with an attack very similar to this one but with the Vienna. So seeing as I am already quite used to an attack just like this I will make sure to play this against the Sicilian and I recommend any other Vienna players to do the same. Thank you gotham.

[@joaoborges3843]

Months ago you said that you would make this video waving the finish line flag. You promised and you delivered. Thank you Levy!

[@kruksog]

It's amazing what a prophet you are at the ~1600 level. Like, even when your opponent at that elo doesn't make the move, it's often the move I was considering.

[@aweebwithamoustachebutnota1607]

Wdym? It's either the move you expect or the one you don't.

[@auraog5684]

I've been waiting for this for so longggg... Thank You so much Levy....

[@darylwong4403]

Excellent video! Learnt lots from you Gotham

[@goncalofreitas2094]

These chess opening videos are so instructive, thank you Levy for this wholesome free content. We can clearly see that you are a very hard working person, and that's just what this world needs! ❤️

[@TheChessGiant]

A great chess opening for white no doubt!

[@DeAguaMusic]

My dear Levy, I will like to request some plans for the catalan, since we have saw it so much times in the recaps and it's kinda the trending stuff right now among the GMs. Thanks for everything!

[@eliericksson.8950]

Finally! The video I have been waiting for! Keep up the good work man!!!! :)

[@chasefilms2116]

Hey Levy, I'd love to see a video on the Réti Opening for white. Thanks for posting so often, I look forward to your videos every day!

[@bencesarvari2235]

Apparently "I can play like Magnus". I feel the ego boost kicking in. Imma go win some games with the bongcloud.

[@gandalfishtar1100]

Elo*

[@filiprajszys2424]

@@gandalfishtar1100 i cant tell if this is serious

[@69ksubscriberswithoutvideo98]

@@gandalfishtar1100 u should buy a dictionary

[@gandalfishtar1100]

@@69ksubscriberswithoutvideo98 it’s a joke. Replace ego with elo and it’s exactly what watching these videos and learning does. Gives an elo boost

[@gandalfishtar1100]

@@filiprajszys2424 no this is a joke. Ego boost -> Elo boost.

[@brantnuttall]

I've been having some success with the Alepin (or as I call it, he Alpecin) but this Grand Prix opening looks more my style as it's more aggressive.

[@ydgames4291]

It also has overlap with the classical dutch and the vienna game which makes studying attacking ideas in these openings easier

[@nimamotamedi4544]

Thanks Levy, keep these coming. Especially like it when you play against higher competition. It better showcases opening ideas and prepares us for resilient defence. Even if it points out holes in your play, we all learn from the post game analysis.

[@leonzspotg]

I’ve been waiting for this for soo long, thx mate

[@Aayush_Shah]

An F1 car from the fifties on the zandvoort circuit just unites 2 eras of F1 in the thumbnail:)

[@m.k.8152]

On Chessable there is almost no Sicilian course in which the Grand Prix attack isn't covered. I don't want to bash the video or something, just wanna say that for a player who's good in theory this Sicilian is no surprise. Personally I also always play the closed Siclian, however after 2. Nc3 I play ...Bb5 which I really like

[@nwngenisys8969]

Congratulations Levy, you did a fabulous job on describing this opening very well, if you could do most of your other videos as good as this one, that would be AWESOME. :D

[@haydenballard4894]

YES BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TOO THIS SOOOOOO MUCH, THANKS LEVY!!!

[@TheChessGiant]

Happy he made this. A great chess opening for white not question!

[@haydenballard4894]

@@TheChessGiant also an awesome side line to really take them pesky 1600s off their game

[@Hellblazer1o2]

Ah yes I will be able to mimic Mangnus himself.

[@chnadem7283]

lets appreciate the fact that he called magnus " goham sub " and called Baadur Jobava " crushed noob "

[@dragonicplayz9069]

Hi levy love ya video, just wanted to know if you could do a video on common chess traps and guide on rerouting the knight

[@ryandunphy9433]

Lets gooooo thanks for finally covering the grand prix good luck at your tournament!

[@starship1701]

"This is how you play the Sicilian" - Then he proceeds to vouch for every move except what he recommends in his e4 course.

[@Louis66666666]

I always follow along perfectly, then remember about 20 percent of the theory, and never end up using it because opponent plays something unexpected almost immediately and I have to abandon whatever I had planned

[@nickmoore5105]

Such is chess :)

[@ZiRo815]

Same. I spend time training openings and my opponent plays some random pawn move that displaces one of my pieces which then leaves the entire setup in shambles and me questioning my life choices

[@ZiRo815]

In fact, this is exactly why I tilted 300 rating points - I wanted to practice lines I was training and my opponents weren't playing into them. I lost 300 rating points and now I'm playing against players who make even less sensical moves and I can't beat them consistently enough to move up again. Below 1200, it feels like chess elo is a random walk flipping a coin. I could maintain 1000. Gave up 300 points and can't gain it back. It's not that I'm suddenly a worse player now.

[@Damogen]

Personally I just do very short sessions of opening studies. When my opponent is the leaving theory before me, I consider it a "win" on opening knowledge and check what I should have done to punish it, if I didn't manage to do that in the game. Whenever I leave theory before my opponent, then I do another short opening study session.

[@Damogen]

​@@ZiRo815 If you are trying to force specific lines, when your opponents doesn't play into them, then you might actually have made yourself a worse player, because you now think more about the position you wanted to get and less about the position you actually have in the game, compared to how you played before. Sounds to me like you need to spend less time on openings and more time on fundamentals. Just for a period, until you (again) can punish strange moves from your opponents.

[@onkarlaldevara8020]

Thanks a lot for this opening, It really helped me defeat people who played sicilian at 1700 rating level and also I am winning 90 percent games against sicilian players. Once again thanks a lot.

[@kithmalgunawardana6686]

Thankx levy.i love ur videos so much.i always watch them and now i reached 2000 in lichess .also now i have a opening raportore against annoying sicilian

[@Bringlese]

Can we get an Old Benoni review?

[@tonymiller6847]

Considering where Levy plays I want a review of the Brooklyn variation of Alekhine's Defense.

[@lizardi1037]

I like the benoni, but I dont think levy would review it, the positional concepts are prolly more 1600+ level, and levy's content is geared more towards 1200-1300 at the highest. Not that its a bad thing, and I'm 2100 and still love his content, but its not really the best opening for that rating range to learn.

[@Bringlese]

@@lizardi1037 yeah I'm a 1900, big Benoni fan

[@lizardi1037]

@@Bringlese i think its far more likely for someone like naroditsky to do a purely educational advanced benoni tutorial, try commenting on his videos

[@Bobo-yw4ph]

@@Bringlese BRIAN GIOCHI A SCACCHI WOW

[@anonymous_AOL]

Thx for finally posting this, I've waited months since you said you were gonna make a grand prix opening guide in an old vid. I still remember how u said u were gonna be waving a grand prix flag for the thumbnail

[@TheChessGiant]

A great chess opening for white against the Sicilian Defense!

[@ChanArcade]

Love this attack, thanks for doing a video on it. Learned lots.

[@TheChessGiant]

There's not an opening for white against the Sicilian quite like the Grand Prix!

[@jaredschroeder7555]

Great timing for me, ive been needing a sicilian response and this was on my list

[@nullpointerexception3108]

Yeah, that's just great! I thought I'll learn this opening against the sicilian but also against the reversed sicilian. Is it the same concept tho against c4?

[@Alkuf100]

there is no grand prix against reverse sicilian. On the other hand, if your opponents play whatever you might use some of the tricks from grand prix

[@TheChessGiant]

It is technically not called the Grand Prix if you play it with black, but you still totally can against the English! You'll just lose that extra tempo obviously.

[@arg1]

​@@TheChessGiant i was just watching uour vid on the grand prix

[@anonymous_AOL]

Is it just me or does the grand prix have a similar set up to the vienna gambit

[@korosensei4873]

Yup e4 f4 set up

[@tuatarian6591]

love the opening videos bro, keep it up!

[@DeanCulver17]

I’ve been waiting for this for a good long while. Thanks Levy!

[@TheChessGiant]

Gotta love the Grand Prix!

[@nasreenakhtar9678]

Hey Levy! I was playing online chess and my opponent played the English opening and I decided to play this and my opponent resigned on the 10 move

[@rah3137]

Day 1 of translating Levy's titles into Bengali: "অবশেষে গ্র্যান্ড প্রিক্স আক্রমণ"

[@zxc2851]

Damn indeed

[@idisplaypace2411]

Incorrect

[@thomasseale2234]

YES! As a 1.e4 player I've wanted this video so badly for so long!

[@austin4768]

I know you have an old video on the Evans gambit but would be cool to see an updated one with a little more detail and a couple of sample games.

[@NERD294]

Grand prix = Vienna against Sicilian

[@tysonsflag]

Grand prix attack, King's gambit, Dutch Defense, Caro-Kann. The ultimate 4 openings you'll ever need.

[@uriyahgoldstein1641]

For me it's gotta be: Trompowsky, Queen's Gambit, King's Indian Defense & Sicilian.

[@lukecastellan721]

jerome gambit, englund gambit, ICBM, bongcloud

[@myrkvistefansson7159]

vienna in rapid KG in blitz/bullet

[@moltenshard]

For me, It’s : The Fred, Bongcloud, The Jerome, ICBM, The Crab, and finally....The *Bozo Indian Defense*

[@uriyahgoldstein1641]

@@lukecastellan721 oh god xD

[@MrJackOfAllTraits]

Hey Levy, just wanted to reassure you that I appreciate that even you make inaccuracies sometimes and it's totally understandable when you're giving a tutorial on the fly. We get to see how to adapt.

[@maksimnewfield5144]

I love those videos Levy. I will never play anything else than the london and the caro kann tho. But I will watch every single video of the openings you make, because they are so interesting and entertain me. Keep up the great work. See you in chat

[@brahmins1352]

900s be like "I LEARNED THE GRAND PRIX HOW AM I NOT WINNING!!!" Plays with black :|

[@Sigmgambles691]

First

[@klingenschmidt9261]

Correct

[@adibalabharat8247]

No one gives a shit

[@mohammednajah2657]

All hurry the king

[@sh0ejin]

Thank you gotham for the openings you make which tie up with your vienna so well. Can you do something with the dutch as well?

[@omerben-ami2018]

Finally! waited for a grand prix sicilian video for a while, I want to have a bit of similar structures like the Vienna

[@TheChessGiant]

Totally. Both the Vienna and Grand Prix are very similar in style and approach. I am a fan of both these openings as well.

[@ewan4482]

I love these educational videos Gotham! Keep it up and can you please redo a video of the dutch defense please? Because I didn't understand your old one and there were no moves in the description. If not it's okay, have a good day!

[@ryou8820]

30:45 bd5 (taking with pawn hangs queen) then g7 blockading the king side for a while then sliding the rook to make some breathing space for black king althho endgame would be difficult

[@narayanlekhi381]

my chess tournament is coming up in an hour and someone my level plays the sicilian a lot and has never played against the grand prix attack so thank you so much for the advice! also at 12:04 can u do qxd4 and if retakes with pawn then bb5?

[@Krish_krish]

LETS GOO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

[@tanveeranzum3029]

This was long overdue. Thanks for doing it finally.

[@eddierhino01]

I would also love to see a video on something like the nimzo or something

[@johncarolan4685]

Hi Levy, my repertoire for white is based on chapters 3,4,5 of your Gambits for White course & I would love to see a video on the Italian opening to build on that!

[@themelonman4303]

Love the vids levy, keep at it!

[@MillenniumMeditationsWorship]

I was waiting for this video for soo long! I am no longer gonna mess up this!

[@TheChessGiant]

Gotta love the Grand Prix Attack!

[@shobhitjoshi2539]

I have been using grand prix against the Sicilian since starting chess. Hope to learn something more about it.

[@cardbored5961]

9 months ago, I knew the basics of chess. I played at one tournament a while back, and failed horribly. I'm now 1520 thanks to constant practice ans your videos. Thanks again!

[@pschneider1968]

Interesting variations and nice video! Could you make a video on the Alekhine Defense? That's a very interesting opening for black...

[@DevilGamer_3]

ayy nice video thanks now i learn smething now i reallly want to see a catalan opening video please

[@James-vc1kc]

Thanks for all the opening videos lately

[@jyly261]

I litirally wanted to learn it 2 days ago thanks so much.

[@sehaj_deepsingh9956]

@Gothamchess Hey Levy, Thankyou for these opening Videos. Please make a playlist of these opening videos if possible..!!!

[@whywouldyoukap8462]

I stopped playing e4 because I was confused as of what to do against the Sicilian. Thanks for giving me a solid answer against it

[@claudiomaker2932]

The Grand Prix is nothing but solid, you could look into the Moscow, the Rossolimo or the Open Sicilian positional Be2 lines as better options

[@DarthCrustyYT]

Plssss put an extended version of this in your e4 course ❤️

[@idontgetthejoke7974]

I know you've made a short video on it, but I think a longer vid on the nuances of the French defense from both the white and black pieces would be really nice. I know a few simple refutation ideas but I really seem to struggle against experienced French defense players

[@exs1803]

Interesting position and moves. Great analysis.

[@ciosnek5]

Yes! I was waiting for this!

[@sasazastavnikovic]

I`ve been playing Nc3 since watching Eric video as one of the weapons against the Sicilian and enjoyed it so much. @GothamChess could you please make a video on a Bishop opening e4 -e5-Bc4 and perhaps something for intermediate/advanced black against d4

[@Lethal19]

Was excited for this vid, yay

[@ianwhitchurch864]

Note if you like the Vienna Game or Kings Gambit, you'll see a lot of similar positions in the Grand Prix.

[@MartinZanichelli]

Sure, also if they play in a Modern-Pirc style.

[@henerybui7548]

Yes a new opening video! I very much so missed this series. Well, 10 openings, but any opening video is nice. Berlin defense, next?

[@potatoo2137]

Cant wait for more videos like this!

[@vladislavshevchenko9970]

In my chess club Sicilian is definitely the most popular response. The only e4,e5 game i played in one of the tournaments was when i played the black.

[@seph1579]

First game, Kxg6 was possible too, and kept the eval roughly equal and changes your plan