Can I Beat Walter Browne?

NM Dan Heisman shows the highly theoretical chess game Browne-Heisman Jan 1972, which presaged the same theoretical line in the Bg5 Najdorf Sicilian that was played later in the year in the well-known game Browne-Mecking 1972.
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NM Dan Heisman has been a full-time chess instructor since 1996 and is the author of 13 chess books, the TV show "Q&A with Coach Heisman" on Chess.com and the radio show "Ask the Renaissance Man" on the Internet Chess Club. Radio personality Howard Stern was one of Dan's students. Dan tries to answer comments on UA-cam but for a quicker, more comprehensive answer (or questions about lessons), contact Dan via email, skype, or phone via Dan's website www.danheisman.com. His Chess Tip of the Day is @danheisman on Twitter, which won the awards for "Best Twitter Feed" in 2021 and 2023 from the Chess Journalists of America. #Chess #ChessTheory #ChessInstruction #ChessThinking #ChessLesson #LearnChess #ChessImprove #ChessTactics #ChessDecisions #ChessSicilian #ChessAnalysis #WalterBrowne

[@danheismanchess]

Thanks for watching! The game Browne-Mecking, played 10 months later with the same first 26 moves, is www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1035249. If you liked today's video, check out another video which won the Chess Journalists of America award for Most Instructive Lesson in 2023: Chess: A Thought Process Overview ua-cam.com/video/1rZX3GiwMnk/v-deo.html.

[@stevenseymour4372]

Walter was a beast!! RIP Mr Brown good game

[@raajeshchess]

What should I play against the Nc3 on second move as I am a sveshnikov Sicilian player and if my opponent does not play closed Sicilian but move orders to some variation of open Sicilian pls guide me

[@danheismanchess]

Depends on what variations you are willing to play if they transpose to an Open Sicilian. Or some GMs playing Black avoid Open Sicilian in that case by playing an early ...e7-e5 (2...Nc6 3.Nf3 e5). Of course, you can still get a Sveshnikov if they allow 2...Nc6 3.Nf3 and then either 3...Nf6 4.d4!? cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 or 3...e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 but they may not allow that. It doesn't hurt to learn other lines in the Open Sicilian in case you need to transpose to them, but one thing at a time.

[@raajeshchess]

@@danheismanchess Thanks a lot

[@raajeshchess]

Sveshnikov Sicilian and najdorf which one you prefer and why because I have started studying sveshnikov Sicilian

[@danheismanchess]

They are both top GM defenses with a ton of book study required. Najdorf is more "flexible" since there are so many variations with different play. The play for Sveshnikov is usually more well-defined but still complex.

[@raajeshchess]

@@danheismanchess why don't GMs prefer caro kann for their most important matches and why c5 is the most played

[@danheismanchess]

These days engines tell GMs to play 1...e5 vs 1.e4 so that's now the most popular. But if they need a win for Black they want some fight and asymmetry so the formerly most popular 1...c5 is the choice. The Caro is a solid opening but not so good if a top GM is trying to win with Black vs another top GM.