Secrets of the Sicilian: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses the Sicilian Defense.
This lecture was recorded April 7, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia. Originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on April 28, 2021
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1:15 Discussion begins
3:40 Ben explains why you play the Sicilian and its different variations
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One of the best Sicilian lectures I've watched in the last hour.
Easily one of the Sicilian lectures of all time.
Confusing the audience
Which one did you watch in the first 6 minutes? :)
@@titusgray4598it was Gothamchess 😂
The truth hurts.
I was a 700 player since 2013 when I started playing chess.. I am from Tunisia north africa and chess is not popular nor do we have chess clubs in my state.. but then in 2018 I started watching your videos.. now I'm 1834 rated and peaked at 1912 all thanks to you and your lessons and advices.. you also made me play the sicilian defence with black lol.. and every time I give up on it you drop an other video giving me more ideas and making me like play it again.. I really wanna thank you so much.. your contribution to the chess game is just on an entire level on it's own.. a chess GM giving free lessons for almost all levels.. thank you so much.. you are the besttestest.. est
/wave
I swear to god I’ve seen this video like 4 times..and the depth increases every time I watch it..
This is where I actually learn..!!
Never play f6
But always play f6 against me. 🤔
F6 = informal resignation
What if I’m white
NO COMMENT!
I was expecting to learn the Sicilian. Instead I learn I can play whatever I want. Sounds good to me.
it's chess of course you can play whatever you want, nobody is pointing a gun at you ordering you to play e4.
Some choices are better than others tho
Can't play whatever you want to win though... sicilian just has MANY variations, so it is very flexible.
Another great GM Finegold video! 20 years ago Danny Kopec was my chess coach and I asked him how he invented the Kopec System. He said he had trouble remembering opening variations and saw that after 2.Bd3, he could quickly get the piece to safety and then just go Ruy Lopez the rest of the way. The Kopec System is definitely an opening that doesn't get enough credit... It's especially useful for players who need something quick & easy against the Sicilian. Thanks for covering it!
If I could vote for "Lecture of the year" this would be it
"That doesnt mean you are right and im wrong, but probably we are both wrong" lol, i loved that comment. I hate the sicilian with all my guts, but this lecture actually helps me understand a lot about how to play againt it. Excellent work Ben, thanks for sharing!
Every single lecture/lesson/"truth hurts" discussion I'm fortunate enough to watch, really connects the dots/neurons in my brain regarding opening intentions and uses for each format/variation. My son will be watching your videos in a few years when he can comprehend what you're really unveiling. Thank you!
Greatest 1hr on the Sicilian! Well done Ben… Currently learning Sicilian for both sides and can see how much you have to learn on 2nd and 3rd moves. Will give some thought to pet systems and anti-Sicilians. Much love fam
I played Sicilian defence about 15 years i studied a lot of variations and still learning, what an amazing opening!!
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Very thorough.
I do enjoy Ben’s style, he’s great! Main takeout for me, there is an infinity of more or less equal variations, explore and get to know your way around the smaller roads if you want your opponent to get lost
Thank you, Ben.
Thanks!
Best chess teacher around, hands down!
Thank you so much
I’m here for the Secrets 👍🏽👍🏽👏👏
It's good lecture. Thank You.
Thanks Ben you are great
Much appreciated.
Amazing lecture and approach. I want more "Secrets of..." other openings! ❤
Love how you pronounced 'the Scheveningen', we do have a strange language. Very instructive video! :)
Great lesson 👍
Great lecture! I noticed that Rapport, Aronian, and Svidler have all tried the Kopec System!
Great lecture Ben, thanks. Nearing 1700 on lichess I have only *just* started facing open Sicilians. Been playing c5 since day one, but for all that I have very little practice against the main lines. So this was a big help!
f yeah, my fav opening lectured by my fav gm
It's a miracle!
insane video ben
Ben breaks it down so anyone can understand.... Thank you
Make a series of such videos, unique
If you look up "avuncular" in the dictionary there's a picture of Grandmaster Ben Feingold. Thank God for these videos in a grim world.
This lecture is better than it is
Reupload! Solid.
Grandmaster Finegold is the best lecturer in his chair
Nice
I love how a third of the video is GM Finegold encouraging the viewer not to play the Sicilian.
Is this a reupload…? I remember watching this exact video before.
Weren't this lecture already on this channel? I think I remember it...
26:57 you forgot Bd2 or Bd3, losing a knight, or Bf4, getting forked
Best live ,
Glad to see the Kopek System make another appearance ☺️
I benefit from Mr Feingold's lectures, plus he's got a great sense of humor which helps when dealing with a serious game. I watched part of a Nakamura lecture on the Sicilian and, unfortanately, I stopped watching it because Nakamura was demonstrating in Blitz fashion showing a barage of combinations without appropriate explanation in my opinion.
I keep understanding "We have some tactical issues" and I'm not even sure it wasn't intentional
I'm hoping no one else watches this so I can use this in my arsenal of somewhat secret moves.
Great lesson with the sicilian opening and different types of play. I usually play much more with the sicilian with the black pieces and I feel like I have a slightly much better advantage. I also like to play the kings indian with black and it seems to be a nightmare for the white pieces.
29:00
I like to play the Wing gambit against the Sicilian AND the French! Because it confuses my opponents and because I am the lazy type of guy... 😁
Ah i hate when i face wing gambit but my score against it is above 80% in rapid and blitz and for some reasons i dont know why i cant learn the theory for how to play against wing gambit! If you are expert at wing gambit definitely you crush many Sicilian players:)
100 👑
its not learning what to do
its learning what not to do
What no pizza?
Bb5
This is not the London, its the London-Gambit variation of the Sicilian.
Nice t-shirt
Ben, what version of the Sicilian do you recommend for a complete coward?
Probably dont play the sicillian if ur a coward lol, Mayb checkers?
@@maxrusty3596 Lol. I typically play the French against e4, but it can end up in a Sicilian basically because C5 is good against Nf3 in the French, but then it's no longer the French really.
a6 sicilian, also called the kan
Opponent plays e4 like "Ruy Lopez?"
I play c5 like "Absolutely not."
who is Craemer ?
Hoooraayy
How old is this lecture?
The sicilian is ridiculously complicated. Back to QDG. Great lecture as always, Ben!
Hard to play the QGD vs e4 though lol
@@siddharthamishra1999 but maybe the QDG... ;)
I have a question about center flank pawn openings.
Why is the Sicilian 1)...c5 ok to play as black, English 1) c4 ok as white but from what I read from GMs books, the Dutch 1)... f5 is trash against d4??
I guess that you could even throw the 🕊️ Bird in there as trash, 1) f4.
GM tnmts never see the Dutch Def or birds opening.
'splain it to me Lucy 🤔
Easy board isn't symmetrical c pawns open Queens diagonal, F pawns weakens diagonal to the king. Thats why they are more risky
I'm no expert, but here's my guess. Dutch and Bird's open on the kingside, and weaken the king early by opening the diagonal in front of it, and you usually have to make moves to defend against an opponent's queen coming down that diagonal and causing you a lot of trouble. Sicilian and English open queenside which instead opens the diagonal for the queen to develop, and leaves the King in safety still.
the 1.c4 // 1. ... c5 is more dangerous for opposite king. the 1.f4 // 1. ... f5 is more dangerous for own king
But can't you just castle long and avoid those open diagonals?
Also, history World champion Botvinnik didn't seem to have a problem defending d4 with the Dutch
Yeah it's basically the difference between king and queen every time.
If you want to know the mechanics of it, I suggest trying out the theory of each in a mirrored position, taking both sides.
Is it not common knowledge that this video should be having black pieces at the down part of the board since black is the main character here?
On this, the day of my daughter's wedding.
Lecture got really interesting in the end, white sicilian looks like fun!
Last year i started playing sicilian with black, i went for accelerated dragon but didn't have great success with it. Kan sicilian is easier to play and almost nobody knows it. I wouldn't have studied any sicilian lines if it wasn't for Kan sicilian.
Shoutouts to Levy's video where he mentioned the Kan variation.
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sustainable flag skills
This was reuploaded
black and white both can be a he or a she... thank you a lot for the high quality chess content Mr. Feingold
2. c3
Truth hurts.
It was the shirt that earned my respect. GM
Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub
This guy teaches history or chess?
Scheveningen players like to pretend to play the najdorf by playing the najdorf, got it.
at is bad for white
why e5 is bad for white
Never play justin roland.
Pretty dangerous to make a joke about Kramer while you're wearing a rick and Morty shirt . . . lolol
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