The BEST Sicilian for new players

Introduction to the Four Knights Sicilian.
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[@natesolon]

Here's a Lichess study with the lines covered in the video: lichess.org/study/eg3Y97cJ

[@Brrbank]

Needed this!!

[@SriramMalladi]

Thanks for the interesting ideas shown in the Sicilian lines for Beginners , waiting for the more theoretical lines

[@natesolon]

Cool, I will do another video on those

[@gregwhittier5206]

Great stuff! I've been studying the Four Knight Sicilian with IM SIelecki's "My First Opening Repertoire for Black" course on chessable, so apparently, he also thought it was good for beginners 🙂 I really enjoy it for all the qualities you point out: You don't have to remember all the much (knights on natural squares, pin the knight on c3, and push d5 at the right time), e6 avoids a lot of attacking f7 nonsense from white, and there are some Qa5+ tricks that can get you an early lead. Also if they don't play into the open sicilian, which they often don't at the beginner level,, the setup is principled and still works well for lots of other responses.

[@natesolon]

Christof is the man!

[@Qumec59]

Please keep these coming!

[@JackMeyer09]

Your channel is underated. Great stuff

[@natesolon]

Tell your friends! 😆

[@Jeppy9292]

Taimonov?

[@tong_thanh5837]

Most of the time White won't commit to an Open Sicilian at all, just some dumb Bowdler and McDonell stuff

[@natesolon]

According to the stats the Open Sicilian is the most popular option at 1600 Lichess.