Unorthodox Sicilians Part 1: Shabalov's 2.Na3!?

NM Spencer Finegold discusses 1.e4 c5 2.Na3!? for Part 1 of a series on Unorthodox Sicilians. This virtual lecture was recorded August 11, 2020, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia.
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Intro and concluding music: “Da Jazz Blues,” by Doug Maxwell; • Da Jazz Blues - Doug M... Thank you Doug!

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Thank god you made this lecture

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thanks Spencer

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Looking forward to more in this series!!

[@connormonday]

I hope you cover the improved wing gambit with 2.a3 intending b4! Or just the wing gambit if you like it.

[@JishnuChatterjee]

Unorthodox Sicilians, Superb!!!

[@crazypomp927]

@24:05 As someone who plays both the KID and the Benko Gambit with an occasional Modern Benoni, I know that weak d6 pawn extremely well.

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This kid looks a lot like Ben Finegold

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Unorthodox Sicilians: The Young Turks of the Camorra

[@matteopriotto5131]

Nice one, but actually Camorra is from Campania (the region with Naples), not from Sicily

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Sicilian mafia's called Cosa Nostra

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@@matteopriotto5131 that's why they are unorthodox