Play the Chekhover Against the Sicilian - GM Varuzhan Akobian

Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows the kids what to play as white against the Sicilian Defence. The Chekhover brings the Queen out early, but it's okay as long as you know the ideas behind each move.
2016.02.14
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

[@MrMariogrcic]

Before birth akobian patiently instructed the doctors how to conceive him.

[@robgibson117]

+Samsara NoMas hilarious

[@jamiewilby2682]

legendary comment!

[@JimmyLundberg]

+Samsara NoMas And his mother. "Now what do you do? Push! Correct. Excellent. Now push again."

[@cmck362]

+Jimmy Lundberg I wonder how akobian would react after reading that.

[@johnped37]

technically the doctors wouldnt concieve him, his parents would. You are concieved when the eggs are fertilized, not when you are birthed.

[@Zastava101.]

Yeees! Varuzhan is back!!

[@user-im5tx4nk2g]

great lecture. I like the step by step explanation of each move.

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

He is back! He is back!! Var is back with some amazingly wonderful chess lectures!!!

[@MrMariogrcic]

No one explains chess better then akobian (the master) varuzhan!

[@WalyB01]

Love that he explains the goals of the opening. You control a key square and have an attack. You have the initiative.

[@AndrewIsbell]

Akobian is great. Thanks for the upload.

[@marufsarkar2960]

YESSSSSSSSSSS.............................!!! Legend is back in action.

[@sooooooooDark]

18:17 hes like "how did he figure that one out :O"

[@missjessgem]

what do you do with your pawns? you poosh them...

[@tomsmith4452]

why r u saying stuff like that jessica

[@hopeyoudie1998]

+Tom Smith is he pooshing your buttons?

[@gregbattis]

YES AKOBIAN!!!! BIGGEST FAN RIGHT HERE!!

[@rickiw8643]

This is a great video, start to finish. Thanks GM.

[@liljackypaper]

*Child suggests a move that hangs a queen* Akobian: "You could do that, but let's see if we can find a better move."

[@MrWonszBoa]

Good to see you back, Sir.

[@HealerPeace]

GM Akobian is my favourite teacher

[@dinofelic487]

Decron saying Ruy Pin! absolute gem 2:35

[@MrEliott0]

You always make a point to know the name of different openings and I often wondered Why? Naturally I guess different openings require different responses, but if your game is tidy and correct there shouldn't be much difference in the outcome, I thought. Or there is? I enjoy immensely every lessons, your skill, patience and clarity of expression. Your lessons for me, are source of real pleasure and amaze. Even if I will never be a great player (I know my limitations) my game has now improved enormously thanks to your teaching. It was my lucky day when I stumbled to your site, now subscribed. Thank you.

[@cyxFrag]

Var is back. Welcome.

[@koenpalstermans9180]

I love the way he contemplated at 18:34 after the kid in the class immediately gave the right answer to his not so easy tactic which he gave at 16:49.

[@monkeychess1398]

GReat video, thank you. Could you do a video on how to play sicilian defence against long white castle? Thanx!

[@molaypatra9113]

Akobian Sir is BACKK....

[@hopeyoudie1998]

Arabia we missed you

[@JimLink]

Lock all the chess whippersnappers like Kummer and Vita in the basement and throw the key. Var is back baby!

[@MichelNabil]

"any questions?”, to the kid raising his hand ... ”No” ... well, American kids everybody!, what do you expect? xD

[@NickKravitz]

I play this exact line frequently up to move 11. 6:47 A more tactical alternative on move 11 is e5 instead of Kb1. Things can get messy fast e.g. 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxe5 h6 14. Bxh6

[@HosomaNFH]

Nice!

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

I love sir I have learned a lot from you ♥️🙏 my great teacher

[@shainsha1662]

Nice lecture

[@venweera4516]

15:43 best subtile ever 😂

[@ekere-uwakufak6990]

Great lecture

[@willisolewe]

Think(Akobian) a lot 4 making me understand the trick and see wider perspective on of it all

[@thecommander6735]

I think the refutation to this line of play is to instead of after 4. Qxd4 instead of 4. ... Nc6, play 4. a6 to prepare the move by preventing the bishop pin.

[@emoryparish3083]

VERY GOOD TEACHER

[@michaelthomheadley]

6:49 how I look at my opponent when they play the Sicilian Defense

[@ploopybear]

Lul !

[@lupushominarius7615]

Is it weird I actually like his shirt?

[@mercantilistwhomper5180]

While I do love this variation and play it frequently, black can seriously fuck up white's tempo after the first queen takes the D4 pawn by moving his a7 pawn to a6. now the bishop wont be there to stop the knight challenging the queen. I feel like this should have been addressed in the video.

[@georged8814]

I don't understand. This is a transposition of a line that can arise from the Rossolimo variation: 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6. I don't see that it has any independent value. It is, properly speaking, a variation of the Rossolimo. Black, however, rarely plays 3..d6 after having played 2..Nc6.

[@srinivasans3926]

don't know if you remember me!!! again with your technique I have won a game in chess app in advanced level

[@biglosergiraffe]

This is assuming black doesn't push e5 for quite some time. At which point you wouldn't trade a knight or queen for it. Am I wrong?

[@kanavkohli794]

I don't understand, At 7:06 why doesn't white take the hanging pawn??

[@KhalidAli-wg2sr]

Hes back

[@anantkalia7469]

Akobian: What kind of pin is this? Kid: The Ruy Hahahahahahahaha he wanted to say ruy lopez

[@kaptenkrok8123]

is it really okay to give up the bishop pair like this as white?

[@pre12361]

what if black plays e5 instead of nc6 and chases the queen from d4? isn't the queen on the run from there?

[@sleepy4x]

He can do that, but he gets a weak pawn on d6 and a weak d5 square. There are Sicilian Variations where e5 works, but here it is not so good. White can still play c4 and the weeknesses of black remain.

[@raymondbourke5506]

Look up the kalashnikov.

[@goodchess4192]

Instead of NC3 can we play C4.The idea is to get control of d5

[@dmyingjow]

instead of black bishop to c 7; black moves Queen to A6 Check takes Bishop?

[@-_Nuke_-]

Why not take the pawn on a7 after Rc8? 10:59

[@kmarasin]

God, I hate playing against this variation with a passion, probably more than the c3 or closed Sicilians as a sideline. The key for playing as Black is to keep White from trading his King Bishop for your Queen Knight, since this piece is usually either a target sitting on c4/b3, or blocks the rooks on f1/e2/d3, you want to keep it on the board for now. Instead of 4....Nc6 allowing 5. Bb5, try 4....a6. The Queen will wait, you can kick it next move. The usual result is that you gain a tempo as a result of the Queen moves, and the Knight is on f3 blocking the f-pawn instead of d4, so another tempo has to be spent to re-position it. So if White tries to play like a traditional Sicilian, Black will have a couple of tempi. You have to know what to do in a hedgehog, though, since 5.c4 is a possibility. You can play avoid this by playing Nf6 on the third move before the capture, when White should play Nc3 in response, although weird moves like e5?! are possible here so you have to know what to do against that.

[@chessmaster9638]

The plan with white is than Be3 and after Nc6 Qd2. You win a couple of tempos in the game with this manouvre but i play this a6-variation too with black. Its for 2 sides a nice aggressive game.

[@katewild2194]

At 8.45 what if black plays B-5 attacking my queen I move my queen to B3 but then I can no longer play rock E2 whats the plan after I move my queen to E3 ?

[@IanOttoMusic]

Anybody have thoughts on what to do if black plays pawn a6 after the pin to attack bishop? (Bishop retreat would lose tempo)

[@lc9604]

What about 4... e5 instead of 4... Nc6?

[@rwill128]

After ... Rc8 why can't white play Qxa7? EDIT: Nevermind... things look kind of dicey after ... b6

[@acopping8443]

i love how he says "heersh"

[@chess_is_a_vibe]

Akobian.exe stopped working 6:55

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

xD

[@nirmala2691]

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[@marcusyeah3104]

How do I join this club

[@hubbledeepfield5331]

after Qxf4,what if black plays d5.

[@yusufahmed2233]

1:34 what to do if black plays pawn to a6

[@makesomethingdifferent7662]

Why don't 12. Qxa7??

[@destroxal6188]

i think the kid was trying to talk about the ruy lopez

[@fabianmatt6238]

I love Akobian´s lessons, but i was hoping to see some advanced stuff when i saw the video in my recommended box rather then another kids class... :(

[@SuperYtc1]

Fabian Matt Kids class is advanced enough for you.

[@paulomonteiro1555]

SuperYtc1 lol

[@wmheric]

Just remembering a line without detailed explanation (like why a move is better than other alternatives)?

[@tomsmith4452]

no idea what r u talking about ... every move is well explained .where r u having problems with understanding ?

[@shebahe6686]

+wmheric He is talking about Checkhover variation and ideas of this line, Just that. Comparing of lines is another topic.

[@BoomaOhDet]

And what if 2. .... Nc6?

[@katewild2194]

at 14.15 what if he plays KT to G4 double attack on the Bishop and threatening to take on F2 forking the rooks

[@AaronWoodrow1]

I think then you can move your Queen to protect f2 since e4 is no longer double attacked.

[@Dreamline78]

I just played this on chess.com, and right after I played Qxd4, he blundered by playing g6! Might have been a pre-move so he could go into the Dragon. This is why pre-moves are a bad idea if you're not playing bullet chess.

[@chessmaster9638]

Dreamline78 Hahahaha nice :D

[@proxirr1509]

what move do you play heresh

[@benjaminsmus8553]

Not now julian.

[@labtennis0827]

what is the software used in these classes?

[@manmaychopra4241]

Chessbase

[@briankurek9700]

'The kids have been having trouble concentrating so they wrote a note to themselves on a piece of paper (not there score sheets) ...it said: WHAT DOES POOSH YOUR PAAWWNS mean?.... Akobian saw it and complained to Yasser. The kids were disciplined.

[@reza6718]

Akobianis the best

[@Ysspiano]

engine doesn't agree with this opening, black is making a lot of inaccurate moves in the opening

[@Keefer1185]

Why Re2?

[@michaelthomheadley]

The Ruy!

[@fireking2343]

What if 2... nc6

[@sanju200100]

Julian in this video too Ahahaha

[@danagboi]

Julian...wait

[@GrayYeonWannabe]

lol these kids are smarter than i am

[@shilpichakraborty8491]

If my opponent plays e5 instead of e6

[@usavahe]

He looks kind of angry here, did anyone notice that? Or maybe in a hurry

[@nazrulkhan6897]

varuzhan sir !cheek ur e mail pls and anser me welcome back thank you.

[@raghumanda2tanush496]

I think Arjun will be future world no 1

[@volcanobeard8668]

didn't know joe rogan played chess.

[@CP-oo8mj]

Rc8 is a horrible move, why he doesn't even mention this. Black gives away b6 pawn and white wins afterwards. It's a draw position

[@sangeethkrishnan2022]

Great video.......but teaching openings before teaching a rook endgame with two pawns up is horrinble

[@dinofelic487]

Still black can play 6...bxc6 and be in a good shape

[@terrysouth7201]

2:39 what type of peen is this?