Sicilian Defense ALL Variations Explained in 15 Minutes

27.09.2024

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The Sicilian Defense is the most popular chess opening and the highest-scoring response for Black against White’s first move 1.e4. Black responds with 1…c5, aiming to control the d4-square. The main idea is to trade the flank pawn for White’s central d-pawn, gaining a long-term positional advantage.

While the Sicilian Defense is a classical and widely used opening among strong chess players, it’s also one of the most complicated, demanding a wealth of opening theory knowledge. To navigate it effectively, one must be aware of the 10 major systems/variations.

In this chess opening crash course on the Sicilian Defense, GM Igor Smirnov dissects the core ideas, pros, and cons of each variation, making the Sicilian Defense more accessible than ever.

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00:00 Learn the Sicilian Defense (All Variations) Chess Opening
00:45 1) Dragon Variation
01:30 White castles queenside + Attack on kingside
02:51 2) Accelerated Dragon Variation
04:28 3) 2.Bc4, Bowdler Attack
06:07 4) Najdorf Variation
08:22 5) Classical Variation
09:36 6) French Variation or Paulsen Variation
11:16 7) Sveshnikov Variation or Lasker–Pelikan Variation
12:59 8) Smith–Morra Gambit
14:00 9) Löwenthal Variation (Kalashnikov Variation)
14:59 10) Alapin Variation

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30 Comments

  1. 0:10
    Im not a statistic scientist but I dont think Chess is more popular than women
    I mean
    When was the last time you heard a guy not knowing what a woman is

  2. Nobody plays these white variations. Most ppl plays super aggressive against this and starts attacking immediately with the Queen. I notice now that you avoid showing what really is played in a lot of these openings.

  4. I'm not sure if I learn more about chess or bon Jovi

  5. Heh. I always thought "dragon" because the bishop behind the knight was like a dragon breathing fire.

  6. As a beginner in chess, I really thankful for you making this sicilian defense video, I tend to play as white easily but when it comes to me to play as black I always wonder what opening I should use😃

  7. Can you consider adding the notation of each move in the corner of the screen above your head? It would be helpful for not taking thanks! Love your videos

  8. At lower elo the Sicilian is very effective, its the only opening i play vs e4 and i win most of the time, ive faced the bowdler attack too many times lol

  9. What should I do if the pawn strikes my horse then it will not be like the splitting that you showed us

  11. bro i played this smiith morra gambit many times lol cause i just like to push queen pawn

  12. "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." __

  15. I am going to be signing up for your classes. I enjoy your videos I watch all of them and learn so much.

  17. Dragon variation
    Accelerated dragon
    Wall dragon

  18. In Accelerated Dragon, doesn't White have Portsmouth Gambit?

  22. I'm not good at chess because it consumed alot of time, and I can easily ger tired. It is like it is a game of RICH KIDS with alot of pass time. Anyways, SICILLIAN DEFENSE is VERY PROUD SHOUTING IN MY EAR. It is like an UNBEATABLE SICILLY part of ITALY ROME.

    Let us review first chess. Chess is games of kings so they have alot passtime of course, not worried too much for their foods and so on.

    There is another game with the same timeline, that is DAMA, the games of EMPIRES, obviously empires is always on rush that is why DAMA is their chosen game.

    Let us go back to CHESS and the VERY FAMOUS BELL RINGING SICILLIAN DEFENSE.

    I guess, if that kind of moves is sicillian defense, i bet it is just as loussy as its names. White did not open the first pawn just to open the second one. That pawn means PRESSURE to the black, and white should keep pressing the pressure with the objectives of CHECKMATE or ELIMINATE all or DRAW. If white stops keeping pressing the pressure and one pawn move advantage was takeb by black then there is a tendency that resulting battle advantage will be taken also by black.

  23. узнал много нового про альткоины из твоего обзора я даже не думал, что сейчас есть столько крутых перспективных монеток

  24. Hello Igor, thanks for your work, I really enjoy learning from you. I would love to see a variation on Sicilian kan

  25. you forgot hyper excel dragon

  26. I just discovered that I play a non-existing oppening, I play sicilian but its not any of this 😂

    C5
    Nc4
    E5
    B4
    Ne3
    Bb2
    KB1

    The logic I SEE is that You defend a Lot the e5 pawn while defending your knight from attacks and You can get out the other bishop, attack with the knight at d4 if no defense on there

    Although this is difficult to use against fried liver, since its attack gets there before You can finish your opening, and if an attacks gets there it's difficult, since no defense on f7

  27. 5:30 bro if they play pawn e5 and then black plays d5 then they can take en passant and blacks position crumbles

  28. At 6:00, you say that White must move his king. But actually he can and should play 8.Qe2. Black is already a little better, but it beats moving the king.

  29. Igor thanks for the videos, I would love to see your pov on the Sicilian kan variation.

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