Hi there, and that's actually we're going to have a look at the scene in the and in particular after
F or C five, which is set the fence 94.
We're going to look at some Reira choices for black other than Desex or ESX, which are the main choices,
especially these things we're going to look at Desex.
Now, this is called the hyper accelerated dragon.
So Black wants to quickly think how to exert central pressure on defo.
So there are a lot of interesting ideas in that variation in its own right.
Also, there's a six this is called the Ockene variation.
Also, there's the peculiar light affects the Nimmons, which Rubenstein variation.
And this is where the wonderful, very rare B6 Catamount Cattermole of variation.
There's the contrast variation.
Miguel Quynh throws a famous flier with Queen C7.
So yeah, there are all these other variations which you can spend like a lifetime just learning variations
of the Sicilian defense in this course.
I'm not going to claim to have just I'm just naming them here as pointers for further research, but
these are more obscure variations.
So I would actually prioritize knowing more about Desex and ESX than these more obscure alternatives
to my Afri.
Now, if you wanted to sidestep a lot of opening theory, you don't have to play the open Sicilian.
You can play the so-called close Sicilian C3 where the center is kept more close.
There is an exchange in the center quite often.
So for example, play might continue like this where you think cazzo a bishop and then you play often.
You know, this move might geto.
So play might continue a bit like this sometimes.
And you've got familiar plans that you might have seen before.
HPN Force Games based on Kingside later Black has that perk of that the Four-Square quite often, quite
often choice for Queen Side counterplay, for example, like this, quite often in general.
So there are kind of templated plans for both sides.
And because it's more closed, you can it's useful to have these kind of template plans that you can
reuse in your own games.
It's so close to certain territories, more kind of principled, more about the pawns and the plans.
So it's more close than the center is less tactical in nature.
So you might prefer this this might be more your cup of tea to play a close to sit in rather than light,
afraid to be able to play defore so close to sit in Netsky fray.
There's also the Alpen or Seefried Sicilian, which has been the bane of many Sicilian defense players
when they see this.
Yeah, psychologically, these positional choices kind of torture opponents that really wants Krave
the tactical game.
So yeah, there is a bit of psychology going on here.
So Bobby Fisher said he doesn't believe in psychology, he believes in good moves, and yet he was expertly
using his repertoire as quite often throughout his career and especially in 1972, much to kind of maximize
win probability based on, in my view, you know, knowledge of opponents and what they liked and didn't
like.
So I think psychology can and is a very important part of chess.
And my good friend Paul Georges always emphasized that to me.
And that's why, you know, he knows that when I play the Senate defense, he wants to talk to me,
positionally.
And this is the kind of stuff he'd do to me, as if Sifry.
Yeah, it's hugely popular nowadays as well.
So this whole book's whole course is just on the Seefried Sicilian.
One of my favorites is actually the Grumpy Grandpre attack.
Now you can play with an early or we can keep that in mind and play Mitzy free and then play F or delayed
Grandpre attack after Meeteetse free.
I kind of love playing this way where quite often there's very, very nice attacks to be had.
So you play your bishop to see fall and then quite often later you've got to be a bit careful in the
sense but say they played like this quite often.
You can hang back with your bishop and then later look forward to castling and moves like Queeny One
F5.
It can be quite dangerous, especially against the fan Catoe systems.
So the Grandpre attack is very, very entertaining and I might it on that at some point soon.
It's one of my favourites attacking schemes against the Sicilian defense.
But you need to really know what you're doing.
There are a lot of finesses in every position in chess and sometimes you might not want to play Bishop
CIFOR, you might want to be five.
And still the basic principles of the ground attack for attacking later you get to see some really interesting
plans in their own right, independent plans.
So the Grandpre attack, if you want to reveal your hands immediately efore but I usually hide that
idea of a Grand Prix attack with Mitzy friend and F4.
So move, move.
Ordering is a great way to discuss his plans.
Specific move orders.
And as you know more and more about in chess openings, you can switch, move orders and try and get
the opponent on inferior versions of things, or you with slightly, you know, better superior positions
than you normally would.
So Grandpre attack in principle is a four and another great favorite of mine against the seven fans.
To just avoid tons and tons of opening theory is the Smith Moore gambit.
So I used to call this the most left handed, but no, it's actually Smith, Moore, Ogami in that order.
So.
So these two players did a lot of analysis on this and I have experience of this.
So the Smith Moore that if they take this pawn you play Sifry and you accelerate your development.
Now even great players like Michael, how I've tried this out with great success.
So it's worth checking out.
There's a classic work by s.M and International Master who's had fantastic results in many grandmasters
with this gambit.
So if you want a kind of interesting gambit and this will teach you the power of the pieces and it will
avoid maybe the more theoretically prepared to sit in the fence players, then that's a huge recommendation.
I'd like to meet you and for free, without any registry or anything, you can check out my YouTube
playlist on the spit on the Speth Margalla.
If you check out King Squasher, Blitz Smith, Warragamba, I have a ton of games are played with this.
I've sometimes beaten even, you know, jams and jams on occasion.
So with this gambit, it's a great sidestep at all and especially at the fans.
The time controls these sidestep tools to avoid, you know, the open Sicilian where you have the more
prepared your opponents aren't in the shop they are tactically, the more you might be in trouble.
So it's good to know these second move alternatives to 293.
So these are some of the major ones, the close set in the Alpine or Seefried to sit in the Grand Prix
attack, which I usually disguise.
I mean, even with Mitzy free on the first move, I often play into, for example, like this, a Grand
Prix attack.
And I love playing in this manner quite often.
So, for example, you know, there's just joyful plans to be had and you don't need to know tons of
fairy, for example, Quiney one going here, hear five Bishop G5 or Bishop 86, 95, and you've got
a ready made attack aircraft.
And I've won so many games in that.
So anyway, these are great sidestep systems.
I would say in the above.
What's more important for you from the white perspective is to know about the second move alternative's,
in fact, rather than these really obscure variations that the opponent could play based on my Afri,
it's more important if you're going to research the above in greater detail with game examples.
Yeah, check out the second move, alternative systems as priority.
I mean, it's good to know also this more obscure stuff that black can play, especially actually the
top one on the above list.
It accelerates, I accelerate dragon.
So this has some some unique features, essentially.
Quite often Black is allowing it to set up and roxxy by and by the way, because they haven't encouraged
encourage you to block the form.
So that's, for example, distinctive --'s structure, which could come out of the hyper accelerated
dragon in particular.
So playing with or against the Moxey boyens, there are some pawn structures.
It's good to know certain template plans for how to deal with them on both sides.
So yeah, chess is a very, very rich, complex game.
And yeah, I thought I should at least give you a name overview and general gist of this rich culture.
We have even this is said in the fence.
So easy for C5.
Yeah, there's a lot beneath the bonnet, so to speak.
There's a lot of details.
So Foynes take the variations maybe which attracts you in some way, investigate them.
Maybe you find out you don't investigate something else.
The world's your oyster here.
The Sicilian defense is for a very, very interesting stuff to examine for both sides.
OK, and so much.