Thanks for this Molton, great video! I have played the Kan since your first video on it and it has been a lot of fun. I have struggled a bit against the maroczy so this was exactly what I needed.
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Glad it helps!
@igorsrausis50306 күн бұрын
Finally something useful, ty soo much
@jasonbraun31492 ай бұрын
I've been watching and rewatching both of your Kan videos in preparation for several tournaments coming up next month. This will be the first time I've played the Sicilian Defense since the 70's!
@ChessCafe-il3od2 ай бұрын
Great. All the best.
@ashtongaeta25815 күн бұрын
Thank you for the ideas.
@semiquavertriplitz Жыл бұрын
thanks for making this tutorial the maroczy is tricky for me to play against at times and you've got some great ideas to play against it. Much appreciated.
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@pedrojcoruna Жыл бұрын
Brilliant , thanks
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@kennethward4985 Жыл бұрын
I have played Hedgehog/Kan/Paulen for well over 20 years. It's a great counterpunch game, people in clubs see all my early pawn and queen moves, this gives them confidence. Then when they think I'm weak I open up my attack and have savaged some over 2000 rated. Had my butt kicked a few times too of course, but It fits my personality, and I think that is what will work best for You.
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Yep some people may like it but some may not. It's not for everyone's taste.
@Nocturnalcuber Жыл бұрын
I sometimes play the hedgehog and I'm inspired from one classical game of Bobby Fischer where he played this setup but with white
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Yep that's the game I mentioned but couldn't quite remember his opponent. Same plan and ideas
@fergs1561 Жыл бұрын
That game would be Fischer-Andersson 1970. Paulson-Morphy 1857 saw the same maneuver, but the purpose of the former was to carve out the e4 square while the latter was a mating attack. These were problem 41 in Silman’s Reassess Your Chess Workbook
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
That sounds right, Larsen must have been the name of the opening
@s.m.j.tayebi Жыл бұрын
Thanx. Useful summery of ideas
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Most welcome 😊
@KF1 Жыл бұрын
Well done, thanks for sharing
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@rosslam2582 Жыл бұрын
Great video! forgot about the h5 idea, need to try it some time
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@edcraddock9868 Жыл бұрын
Hey Molton, do you take lessons? I’m looking to prepare for a tournament and would love to get better at the accelerated dragon. I think your videos are so instructive especially in the Sicilian. Would be great to see an accelerated dragon video, alternatively I would love to have a lesson with you on it and pay!
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
I will probably get to doing a video on accelerated dragon at some this year. But yes can always send me a message on Lichess (Molt7n) or Chess.com (Molton) in regards to classes
@ericem7310 Жыл бұрын
great video :)
@eduardoyanezlopez2629 Жыл бұрын
Tactics everywhere
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@XX-ih8zu Жыл бұрын
At 11:14 I assume white can't take the b pawn because of Bc6 or Bxe4 ? It's a bit vague for me.
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Probably Bc6 will win a piece
@Nik.shava.12899 ай бұрын
is there anything we can transform kan into any other variation to confuse our opponent.
@frequensea9434 Жыл бұрын
YES!
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
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@frequensea9434 Жыл бұрын
@@MoltonChess I have the book “the complete hedgehog” by Sergey Shipov. Is there a way to transpose into a hedgehog when players play d4?
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Yes I think Shipov wrote this book as a two part series. One arising from 1.c4 or English structures. 1.d4 is a bit more difficult since it requires Black to play c5 and capture on d4
@frequensea9434 Жыл бұрын
@@MoltonChess makes sense to me thanks for the quick reply. Do you offer lessons?
@DavidPeriard Жыл бұрын
great video , do you have one on yugoslav attack?
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Not yet but that's something I do do later perhaps :)
@eriksmith3245 Жыл бұрын
I watched the Sicilian Kan video, it was well done and all of the moves where shown and I learned a lot. This video just jumps right into a position in the game without knowing how you got there. The only time when all the moves are shown, is at the beginning of the video. Sorry, but this video is poorly done in my opinion. Please show all the moves along with each Idea section. Even better would be a link in the description to a PGN, with all of the moves within the entire video.
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Thanks I did include a link to the Lichess study in the description if you wanted to see the games
@lancetehira Жыл бұрын
I would like to point out that 1100 should not be watching these videos as these are high rated vs high rated and therefore they develop first before making an attack whereas low rated (like myself 😭🤦) start throwing pawns then start wondering where they went come endgame so currently all I can do is dream 😭😭😭😭
@MoltonChess Жыл бұрын
Yep this is definitely a bit more intermediate level and above once you get into the middlegame first