Simplified Openings: New Ideas and Unexplored Systems Against the Closed Sicilian
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Thank you, obviously many hours went into this presentation.
Well, a couple of decades of play and analysis, it's not that much.
Awesome stuff as usual, would greatly appreciate a video on some system for black against the alapin too! Thank you
He already did one
@ 3:23 As Black I like 5...e6 and 6...Nge7 getting ready for ...d5 and especially (if White plays f4 and g4) for ...f5. That last move slows down White's attack enormously. Black's follow-up is a quick b7-b5-b4, grabbing the initiative on the queen's wing. Castling can always be inserted and the option ...d6 also remains open.
@ 28:00 and further: from White's point of view I already disliked 2.. e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 dxe4 and 2...e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 (a transposition to the French Steinitz) and 2...e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 (threatening 5...d5 and 5...Nd4), so that entering the Open Sicilian with 5.d4 is the only decent choice. Now there is 3...Ne7 too.
This shows what I've been asserting for a long time already. Many of those Anti-Sicilians require as much work from White as less popular Open Sicilians.
Excellent video, I learned a few things.
Thank you! :)
White's main idea of 2.Nc3 in modern master practice is generally not that all Closed/ Grand Prix Sicilians would be exactly great for White. - It rather serves to make life for Dragon/Najdorf/Kalashnikov/Sveshnikov players slightly more inconvenient. Many of those Sicilians are considered critical or complicated, and can be avoided by move order. Leaving in an ideal world "only" the somewhat more rare birds like the Classic or the Taimanov to prepare for with White.
@@Badbentham A video exploring those move-orders from White's perspective is coming up in a couple of weeks! :)))
A semi-independent option is 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3/3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 entering an Accelerated Dragon. Compared to 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 Black has avoided the Maroczy Wall (5.c4). Eventually Black can even enter favourable variations of the Dragon. However this demands deep study of many opening lines.
Exactly, it all depends on the player's repertoire ag. the Open Sicilian, as I pointed out.
@ 14:57 What if white doesn't play 4.d3, but first plays the bishop back 4.Bc4. Any attempt to expand on the Q-side with 4. ...-a6 will be met with 5.a4 by white.
That's a complete loss of tempo, going Bb5-c4, so Black should be fine with normal play after 4...d6, for ex. 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 exf4 9.Nxf4 Ng4 with ...Nge5, ...Bg5(f6), possibly ...Bd7, ...Kh8 etc.
Hello Mr. Colovic! I would like to report that the Catalan video you made is probably going to be what I play against it. I had a very good game with it this past week! I have Schandorff's & Krishnater's repertoires aswell if you think one of those suggestions would be better. I will ask again: I was wondering what you would suggest as an ambitious/dynamic try for titled seekers against the Spanish? 😊 I mean from playing against the Spanish with the black pieces. I have struggled with finding a practical & ambitious solution. I am really debating on playing the very dubious deferred schliemann. But I figured there's a much better choice than that.
Arkangel or deferred Steinitz come to my mind, and the marshall of course even if it leads to forced draws with correct play.
Thank you, glad you had a nice game with the Catalan line I analysed!
As for the Spanish, please check my previous videos, I already did 2 on two modern options for Black against the Spanish.