THESE Kan Sicilian lines have an 80% WIN RATE!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I would highly recommend this opening for all levels.
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Good luck in your games - and sorry about the jet noises once again, I think I've figured it out now.
I've played the Kan for almost 30 years, beat a few masters, and since I'm a natural counter puncher this opening just fits.
very nice explanation! kan has never been my favorite opening but this definitely makes me want to try it again!
Appreciate that :)
Again, I'm aware of the jet noises coming from my computer - next video they will be gone :)
you can use unmixing software to get rid of them and any other noise sources. It's AMAZING how good the new AI software is... very little artifacts. I think Steinberg is supposed to be the best for that, but it might be more expensive than other unmixing programs. there's a youtube video where someone unmixed Devo's SNL show and converted it into stereo from mono and it sounds very good
I have to learn this because of my defence against d4. Turns out d4 e6, Nf3 c5, e4 is another way to reach the Sicilian. So thanks for the guide.
Please keep sharing the quality content, we are so hungry :)
very sick opening, might have to try it out
Might have to! New Sicilian incoming!
Thanks for this! Been looking to improve my Kan Sicilian (which is my escape from 2.Nf3 in the French always leading to boring Exchange type games). The wing attack with b5 got me into trouble more often than not, the Bishop pin already looks a whole lot more promising.
Thank you! Yeah the French is great, but its always good to try new things, and this is a good transitionary opening.
@@MelbourneChessCoach I think of it as a Franco-sicilian repertoire - I do 1...e6 and only transpose into the Sicilian whenever White doesn't play 2.d4.
Just wondering, and no pressure, are you planning on uploading videos again?
@@sorryforbatenglish Yeah it has been on my mind - I tend to be scatter brained and therefore puts lots of effort into something for short periods of time, coming back to them in waves. Uploading videos has been on my mind. I will try in a week from now, thanks.
improve it against my smith morra! hahahahaha!
Very nice content. But the problem with relying on Sicilian as black is that most white players will never allow an open Sicilian on the board. They could go for anti Sicilian lines like Alapin or go for boring and dry closed Sicilian, so if you want to use the Sicilian against e4 (doesn't matter which variation whether you want the Kan,Najdorf,Classic or Dragon) be prepared to fight back against the closed and Anti Sicilians as well.
The good thing tho if White doesn't op for open Sicilian (not playing or delaying d4) is that he is basically conceding his opening advantage and allowing black to equalize faster.
Sicilian Closed is a lot easier to equalize/win against, even with less theory knowledge. It also just gives Black plenty of good moves. Alapin is very tricky but once you know and understand the theories, and have gotten comfortable with one of the main lines, it becomes easy equalize. This is why Closed Sicilian and Alapin are rarely played in Classical GM games.
or... go for the BEST attacking line under 2000, the smith morra. I luvs me smith morra and will NEVER quit it.
Awesome lines! They've scored me a couple of free wins in OTB chess at club level :)
You're an inspiration!
these are great
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed :)
What elo rating range would you stop playing this opening line? 2000+?
It's very playable all the way up to the top GM level :)
I tried this but no one plays the main lines. I still ended up in a pretty good position but messed it up. Led to one of the craziest games I’ve played but I managed to win. One thing I noticed is even if the opponent doesn’t go with the main lines the pawn structure although weird actually makes it hard for your opponent to develop and infiltrate.
do your homework and find the best play. until today, I had TERRIBLE stats against the fianchetto sicilian playing smith morra because I NEVER pushed e5. I've tried half a dozen other things and got stomped in all of them. after creating a fianchetto quick study book today and training that, I FINALLY played e5 and beat my opponent in 30 moves! I've had similar improvements studying king's gambit side lines that used to throw me. just keep studying whatever troubles you to improve your repertoire, and definitely find an opening that suits YOUR style. a lot of people cionsider the carokann to be "the best" defense for black, but it's totally NOT my "rip the center open" style.
I am tired of the French exchange but hate the Sicilian anti lines, like the Alapin and Gran Prix, even more. Any suggestions other than stick with the French, lol. thanks
@@jamesreed4483 If you're not ready to put in the time to learn to destroy those anti-sicilians (which is understandable). Stick with the French. You will just have to learn a system against the exchange. I recommend one where you castle queenside - like how Alekhine would do it: Bd6, Ne7, Nc7, Bg4, Qd7, 0-0-0
Good luck :)
Could you consider a different board theme for other videos. Blues & greens are the easiest on the eyes.
actually brown & tan is. that's why 2nd generation monochrome monitors were orange. green is straining.
Nice sir
The thing I hate about the sicilian is the same thing I hate in the scandinavian... the 2.e5 advance. I'm already playing the sicilan there, and hate it, BUT a lot of sources are claiming the kan is easy to learn. I already play smith morra as black, so MAYBE being aware of the traps in that might help. I just don't like ...Ne7 at all in ANY line. that's why I hate ...Nf6 preventing e5 pushes.
@@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 You should not at all be worried about 2.e5 advances. If White extends too far, the pawn centre becomes weak and easily broken down. For example: 1.e4 c5 2.e5? Nc6 3.f4 (or Nf3) e6! And Blacks already better.
@@MelbourneChessCoach I TRIED studying theory, but the move orders drove me nuts. I hate NOTHING more than a closed center ESPECIALLY after e5, BUT, after doing my Smith Morra homework, I FINALLY played e5 against the fianchetto variation and beat black in 30 at 88% accuracy! I'm SOOO HAPPY! now I need to do my e6 homework as that's the next most annoying variation.
what is easy for others often is very bad for me. I do TERRIBLE in variations that develop queen's knights before king's knights where others score much better. I'm a knight to f, bishop to c attack f specialist. that's why e5 drives me nuts.
@@MelbourneChessCoach I just looked at my stats... I'm still only 53:43 against the advance. it, along with the 3.d4 scandinavian and being stuck behind the "slavwall" in everything else is what drove me to QUIT chess over a decade ago. I just don't like closed positions AT ALL. everyone hates on englund hartlaub charlick, but it's EXACTLY what I begged for, sacking my e & d pawns for an open center and mobility and I'm loving it. my former 70% plus win stats are gone, but I'm at least playing games on my terms WITHOUT having to fianchetto. I haqte either side of a fianchetto, except today when I stomped a sicilian fianchetto in 30 pushing e5 myself. I have NEVER done that, but after doing my homework, I found out about exchanging to get my queen out and active after robbing black's castling rights.
I'm hoping the kan is more active than 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6. even in the rapid developing scandinavian gambit, attacks are hard to come by unless opponents blunder
In my opinion the Kan is the most underrated Sicilian defense, as you rightly say even at rather high levels, but especially in the under 2000s: first of all, the anti-Sicilian ones such as the Rossolimo and the Moscow Variation are totally avoided, which nowadays are very vogue and well studied, also thanks to the Carlsen - Caruana world title in 2018. So we have much less to study. And then it is very dangerous and full of traps for those who try one of the best set-ups against the Sicilian: the English attack; if white manages to avoid all the tactical and positional traps, he will still find himself at a disadvantage within the first 10 moves , so not bad really. The only "disadvantage" is that it allows the Maròczy Bind, but let's face it: under 2000 very few people play it, and if you study a little theory, you understand that in the middle game few manage to become really dangerous. It's my favorite defense and I've been studying it for a year, with excellent results (I'm a modest 1650 elo online, but I've had excellent results with it) Great video
I'm considering it to get the eff out of the skankinavian and because the theory for "reversed king's gambits" is crazy deep. I gave up just trying to study the rousseau gambit which would be a fraction of my repertoire. if the kan is "easy", maybe it's for me too.
@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 I don't have the slightest idea what the Russeau Gambits and the reversed King's are, but you are right to abandon them: in my opinion the Gambits (very few), are good at most in games of 3 minutes or less... on the Scandinavian, it is very solid , it's true, but it's also true that above 1300/1400, if the opponent isn't totally inept, in the first 15/20 moves it's practically impossible to have a consistent advantage over white. On the Kan, (1...c5, 2...e6, 3...a6, 4...Qc7, different from 4...Nc6, the Taimanov) I wouldn't exactly say it's "easy": it's very easier, more solid and there is much less to study than the Sicilian ones with 2...d6, but there is still something to study. The Maroczy system is a very difficult structure to beat quickly, even if white does not fully understand its theory. But it is also true that very few know it under 2000, I would say perhaps 10/15% of the opponents, in my experience. And in the "open Sicilian", there are 2/3 critical variations to study thoroughly, otherwise you quickly end up in trouble, but again, they are variations known and played only after 2000... if you meet 1600 who are playing them at random perfection means that they are cheating, for sure😆
@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 But now let's move on to the positive points: I played the French defence, and if you know it, often the "closed" variations of Sicilian Kan fit very well at a positional level into the very solid structures of French. Furthermore, if you know the theory of the Kan well and your opponent treats it superficially as if it were "one of the many variations of the Sicilian", in 8/10 moves you can already reach parity or even be at a good advantage, compared to white. Last thing, on the third move the black player plays 3...a6. It seems like a waste of time, in reality it avoids some fundamental variations that are played very often today, with excellent results for white: the "Rossolimo", and the Moscow Variation (they often traspose in same positions)
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici i don't do positional. ALL of my losing is in closed and positional. I would do a tactical system IF I were to switch. I'm tactically creative
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici rousseu = 1.e4 e5 with an eventual ...f5 push like the jaenish schliemann etc. "sound" open ings are SUICIDE for me. if i can't attack, i lose badly. it was only when I started playing the austrianm attack against pirc moderns that I started winning. same thing with caro, french and sicilian. ONLY gambits work FOR ME