2:01 knight c6 2:29 d6, 2 center pawns, not what sicilian wants 3:12 pawn d5 8:31 knight f6 9:38 take on d4 12:00 after opponent taking d4 and knight c6 14:08 10:27 after opponent taking d4 and pawn d6 10:47 important manuver when pawn d6 11:00 correct moves 11:28 if bishop takes d5
The Sicilian Defence is literally the most legendary opening from which some of the greatest games of all time have been played, no other opening even compares...but the Alapin is the most boring opening of all time... It's just a lot of beginner players don't learn how to play the Open Sicilian because they are afraid of being attacked lol
@@freetheorcas8509 I'm a beginner player, and learning this Alapin variation is not what's like with other openings- But, I suppose that's the only way to counter the almighty and annoying Sicilian
@@samparticle I am a beginner player as well, but I've been inspired by the open sicilian games I've seen. I think it's the greatest, sharpest opening to play with the white and the black pieces. White can be really aggressive in this line and that's why it's played. Some beginners just assume that it is automatically winning for black which is a misunderstanding of the opening. All the greatest chess players have played the white and the black side of the open sicilian. If you don't look at chess games of great players, I would encourage it.
@@samparticle For me I find the alapin variation to be extremely annoying. It takes the most thrilling and sharp opening in chess and turns it into the most dry opening in chess IMO. It doesn't counter the sicilian it just avoids it. It's not a bad opening but it's not as awesome and aggressive as the open sicilian for white.
I tried to make it short but for me the open sicilian is one of my favourite openings to play with the white or the black pieces and a part of my passion for chess haha, especially after seeing Judit Polgar's series on the sicilian
@@CantKnowSeeMe I agree, the alpine would be seen more at high level play if it was a crazy solid and strong opening but just because you have to know a specific move on move 2, your gonna be able to punish people super early at a lower ELO
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 Because most people who watch Gotham are around 900 - 1500, when he plays lower rated players, we can see what is the mentality of the players that are same rated as us and how we can trap them. A 2000 - 2500 will obviously know the theory and avoid all the traps.
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 I think he wants to play against lower rated because most of his subs are not 2000/2500. So he wants to show you tactics to use against players at your level
well now you actually *think* about it..which is surely where it gets interesting, what's the point of just memorising lines to win a game, how is that fun? I get the impression a lot of chess noobs online lit just want to win games and watch their imaginary rating number on the screen go up w/o actually improving at fundamentals at all (which studying openings is not the best thing for anyway). What did you *want* to do if he played the main line as you were expecting? Can you still do it? Will you now have to achieve it differently? Did your opponent create a more pressing threat you must respond to first? Or did he create an even more deadly weakness in his own position?
Probably because after C3 they can’t get their precious Dragon or Najdorf variations which is likely the only reason they even learned anything about the Sicilian
Angry Dewa Kipas supporters who spammed their dislikes and who didn't remove their dislikes when the truth actually came out (look at upload date: Feb 26, 2021).
Your videos are a gift to the chess community. You are so good at explaining and at the same time you are very entertaining. Its very obvius that you have been coaching chess for a long time. Keep up these great videos man.
Great video - also useful for Smith-Morra gambit players as well when players use Nf6 and transpose to these Alapin variations. I am currently researching the Smith-Morra gambit so I thought this might have some relevance for the Nf6 decline transpositions. At 13:50, I am not sure c2 is the only move to not lose. it seems Be7 might be playable for a draw - also Bb4 and a6. But c2 seems technically best and it would be a concern as you say online if someone played c2 :) It is good sometimes perhaps to have some warning signals akin to a reverse Turing-test when playing certain opening variations :) 139: Smith-Morra-Nf6-decline - Smith-Morra-Nf6-decline Line 0.0, Smith-Morra Internet Chess Club 2011 r1q1kb1r/pp3ppp/1nn1p3/1N4N1/8/1Pp3P1/1P2QP1P/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1 Analysis by Stockfish 14: 1. = (-0.12): 15...c2 16.Qh5 Nd8 17.Re1 g6 1...... 2. = (0.00): 15...Be7 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qh4 Be7 3. = (0.00): 15...Bb4 16.bxc3 Be7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 a6 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Na3 Qc7 21.Nxh7 Ne5 22.Rd1 Nf3+ 23.Kf1 Qc6 24.h4 Nh2+ 25.Kg1 Nf3+ 4. = (0.00): 15...a6 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qf3 f5 18.Nxe6 axb5 19.Rxa8 Nxa8 20.Re1 Be7 21.Qxc3 Rg8 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxe7 Kxe7 24.Ng5+ Kd8 25.Ne6+ Ke7 .... Really bad blunders: h6 certainly seems a losing move though Bc5 also a losing move to Nxe6 But I do appreciate White has nice threats here as you mention Great stuff - thanks :)
Tbh Gotham I just wanted to say pure thank you. Watching your content made me improve at chess so much. Before I was struggling on rating 700, now I am a 997 on 15 win streak :D Rating itself is not the greatest but the improvement is what counts, right?
U thought you invented c3? It's the 2nd move of the game. Chess has been around approx 1500 years....and u think invented a new opening....ON MOVE 2?? Did you also lay out dough in a round shape....cover it with a thin layer tomato sauce and a top it with mozzarella cheese and think u invented pizza....until you saw a Domino's commercial?? 😅
13:48 black can also play Be7 no and it is completely drawn, to avoid losing completely both players have to force a repetition, Qh5 whites only good move, g6 blacks only good move, Qh6 Bf8 and then Wueen back to h5 and bishop back to f8
I know what the best response is against Alapin: d5 because after he takes on d5 queen takes d5 and he cant play knight c3 because the pawn is in the way.
I never minded facing the Alapin. I liked the Nf6 lines but the first defense played and studied in depth was the Alekhine's Defense. Edvins Kengis was a great influence of mine. Fun video.
Perfect timing. I started studying the alapin like 1,5 weeks ago because I had difficulty dealing with the sicilian, and I was kinda stuck studying now so this is a gods gift, ty♡
2:00 If they do play 4...d5, you take it: 5.exd5. After 5...Qxd5 you protect your pawn: 6.Nf3. They are almost guaranteed to increase pressure on your weak pawn with 6...Bg4, but there is a good alternative 6...e5 which they rarely choose on intermediate level. After 6...e5, you would play 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 and play from there with a bishop pair. When they do play 6...Bg4, I strongly recommend the pawn sacrifice 7.Nc3!. (If they play neither, you can soon play Nc3, d5 etc. to force their pieces back. You are much better.) They have quite a few ways to go wrong now like 7...Qd8??, 7...Qd7??, 7...Qa5?, 7...Qh5?, 7...Qe6+?. Check a study I just created for more about these. lichess.org/study/IOAs4dKp. The best option is 7...Bxf3 to which you respond by hanging a pawn and ruining your kingside pawn structure: 8.gxf3!. Seriously. Black is going to think you are out of your mind. After 8...Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 the key is 10.Nb5!. Check the study (again, the link is lichess.org/study/IOAs4dKp) for deeper analysis, based on John Emms's book "Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian".
the only way to truly “crush” the Sicilian is to play the open unless black blunders really badly, and even then black still gets fighting chances that’s why I love the Sicilian
This is really instructive, thank you very much for this! Well explained! One notation: You didnt have to use the second rook in this one endgame, there is a typical endgame motiv to promote a pawn with just one rook and another connected pawn against a rook. Greetings from Germany! Ledator
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@@pranjalsrivastava3343 he wants to show how it can help you improve at the lower levels obviously levy can win against higher rated player but they will be prepared against this opening and it won't be as educational the thing is not the level of the players it's taking them out of the comfort zone which shows why this opening is good
@@idonoy661 Yes but weak players like these can't get out of the opening without making a game-losing blunder anyway. he needed to play an online 1700 elo at least. You could hear Levy's disappointment in the quality of their play.
the problem with these vids is that they are so helpful that someone opens this and sits in a gmae and as a beginner i dont exactly make the best choices and get crushed so it becomes a matter of which video executes the strat best and there is no hype middle game and its just cramming in such a thought provoking game
"The only two good moves are d4 and Nf6." Wait this sounds familiar... "If you're like 1100, there's a much higher chance that people just go here" I'm 1000- and I did that- "-because they play the dragon sicilian" *_flashbacks from yesterday_*
This is one of his best suggestions. I’ve had a lot of success against intermediate players using it. A lot of my wins against higher rated players are using the Alapin.
I've been looking for something new to try against the Sicilian and have tried c3 a couple of times without really understanding why..this vid has given me a bit more confidence to play it..
I'm honestly very curious why this video has so many dislikes. The alapin, which I have been playing for a very long time, is a very solid opening where you take full control of the center at the start and slowly build a positional advantage, sometimes making a pawnbreak on the queenside. There is also the the open c file for the rook and very easy development. The Na3 line is honestly very hard to handle without knowing some of the theory, and this should get you to at least 1900 uscf elo (otb chess) before you encounter the stronger chess players who know the theory.
Sincere thank for the notations! You do not know how hard it is to score your videos to have a review of the options. I suggest a lesson in how to record the various variations on paper for study. I see some views of the variations but I find it difficult to do it myself. I guess maybe the format is not the same as the computer input method in the Lichess analysis board. Maybe I am an outlier in trying to do the notations but I would think this is a basis skill needed by all serious chess players.
Sicilian itself is a very complex opening, can't expect it's counter to be less complex XD. But your videos based on openings are quite nice and informative, will look forward for more videos☺️👍
Would be great to see a video on the Open Sicilian for the white pieces. I think it's such an amazing, sharp opening where both players attack each other aggressively. It's definitely the greatest, most aggressive and effective weapon against the Sicilian defence and the most thematic, double-edged variation. There are so many powerful options for white, the Richter-Rauzer, the Fischer-Sozin attack, the Yugoslav attack, English attack, Maroczy bind, etc. I'm still a beginner but this is what I would rather learn. I think it's way more challenging and exciting and everyone who wants to become a good chess player should at least know how to play it. So many insane, inspiring games have been played from the Open Sicilian and everytime a great player plays it (with the white or the black pieces), it gives chills. Sidelines like the alapin and closed sicilian are just not the same... imo
I think saying you shouldn't learn it because of 'theory' is sort of patronising and underestimating people's natural ability and desire to learn and improve. Every opening has theory. You may as well say "don't bother learning anything new, that would be hard". Also if you play it against people of the same level it won't matter and you will get a great game, you just play the best you can.
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Agadmator explains better!!
Pin of shame! Pin of shame! Pin of shame!
Nice joke lmao
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dont tell levy HAHAHAHA
HOP IN THE CLOWN CAR BUDDY!
2:01 knight c6
2:29 d6, 2 center pawns, not what sicilian wants
3:12 pawn d5
8:31 knight f6
9:38 take on d4
12:00 after opponent taking d4 and knight c6
14:08
10:27 after opponent taking d4 and pawn d6
10:47 important manuver when pawn d6
11:00 correct moves
11:28 if bishop takes d5
GOAT
Thank you
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The Sicilian Defense, a.k.a the Most Irritating, Time-Consuming, Excruciating Opening That Black Will Inevitably Play 100% of the Time.
The Sicilian Defence is literally the most legendary opening from which some of the greatest games of all time have been played, no other opening even compares...but the Alapin is the most boring opening of all time... It's just a lot of beginner players don't learn how to play the Open Sicilian because they are afraid of being attacked lol
@@freetheorcas8509
I'm a beginner player, and learning this Alapin variation is not what's like with other openings-
But, I suppose that's the only way to counter the almighty and annoying Sicilian
@@samparticle I am a beginner player as well, but I've been inspired by the open sicilian games I've seen.
I think it's the greatest, sharpest opening to play with the white and the black pieces.
White can be really aggressive in this line and that's why it's played. Some beginners just assume that it is automatically winning for black which is a misunderstanding of the opening.
All the greatest chess players have played the white and the black side of the open sicilian. If you don't look at chess games of great players, I would encourage it.
@@samparticle
For me I find the alapin variation to be extremely annoying. It takes the most thrilling and sharp opening in chess and turns it into the most dry opening in chess IMO.
It doesn't counter the sicilian it just avoids it. It's not a bad opening but it's not as awesome and aggressive as the open sicilian for white.
I tried to make it short but for me the open sicilian is one of my favourite openings to play with the white or the black pieces and a part of my passion for chess haha, especially after seeing Judit Polgar's series on the sicilian
Can't wait for Agadmator "How to crush the Alapin"
In I think 5matches against Hikaru's Trash Openings(Correct me if I'm wrong). The Alapin got destroyed real hard Levi was malding.
Cant wait for “how to crush the anti Alapin”
@@CantKnowSeeMe I agree, the alpine would be seen more at high level play if it was a crazy solid and strong opening but just because you have to know a specific move on move 2, your gonna be able to punish people super early at a lower ELO
And then how to crush Agadmator’s crushing the alapin
@@lercyparayan3535 he's also the gm who made it into the top 50 with the bongcloud so 🤷♂️
Most important piece of info from this video: When in doubt, blame Eric Rosen
Oh no my queen! Blames Eric rosen*
You must be an Eric rosen fan. /s
Works for me.
@@someoneyoumayknow5637 You never know when you might run into the twitter joke police.
@Apple
Yeah, and you also have the luxury of wooooshing them if they do come.
"Just say Eric Rosen told you to do it"
Levy you should have known how unrealistic that sounds, even saying unicorn exists is far more realistic.
Eric rosen looks like a great guy , he should try chess
Eric Rosen would ask you to say oh no your knight
He was joking
why levy plays 1200 and 1500 can't he play vs 2500 or even 2000??????????
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 Because most people who watch Gotham are around 900 - 1500, when he plays lower rated players, we can see what is the mentality of the players that are same rated as us and how we can trap them. A 2000 - 2500 will obviously know the theory and avoid all the traps.
When levy's chair has a better rating than you.
"I feel like this is a human move"
-Levy when playing HIS FUCKING CHAIR
why levy plays 1200 and 1500 can't he play vs 2500 or even 2000??????????
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 I think he wants to play against lower rated because most of his subs are not 2000/2500. So he wants to show you tactics to use against players at your level
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 1200s and 1500s are more likely to benefit from this video than 2000s or 2500s.
Levy prefers making content over a good nights sleep.
You must be Asian
@@ezrahadwi135 Yeah I think so too..
@@ezrahadwi135 what does that even mean?
@@thatsroughbuddy1407 🤣 they like getting full sleep. They won't sacrifice their sleep .
...and I feel worried about that.
In this episode:
"It looks like Mate in 1 here"
Levy: I can do better
The Aman saying "when you find mate in 1 look for better
M2 not M1
When mate in 1 is possible look for en passant mate
Technically it was a mate in 2 but okay
Who dislikes a 32 min video just after 3 min of it being uploaded? Even Gotham haters have their notification on lol!
people who play the sicilian ;)
Maybe it's bots(?)
how is it hating on a whole channel if you dislike a single video
Beth Harmon we see you
@@christossavvides5153 honestly I feel like there has to be bots at a certain point loll
With this I finally beated LI(2000) 3 times. You are the best chess content creator.
me: e4
enemy: c5
me: c3
enemy: does something that isn't the mainline
ME: NOW WHAT OH NO
well now you actually *think* about it..which is surely where it gets interesting, what's the point of just memorising lines to win a game, how is that fun? I get the impression a lot of chess noobs online lit just want to win games and watch their imaginary rating number on the screen go up w/o actually improving at fundamentals at all (which studying openings is not the best thing for anyway). What did you *want* to do if he played the main line as you were expecting? Can you still do it? Will you now have to achieve it differently? Did your opponent create a more pressing threat you must respond to first? Or did he create an even more deadly weakness in his own position?
@@helvete_ingres4717 lmao it was a joke stop being annoying
@@greedpog1234 hey, he's trying to help.
Well now you "play chess"
@@greedpog1234 jokes need a certain mentality to wirk; I talked about the mentality
9:00 "Tell them eric rosen told you to do that " 😂
"noooo you can't just pump out quality chess content at an insane speed"
Levy: "haha content machine go brrrrr"
This man recorded this at like 11pm yesterday. Absolutely respect the hustle on this mad lad.
The real question is, "Why does this video have 5K dislikes?"
Those are all people who have lost to Levy
@@jamesbell2682 nah its from the sicilian players
@@eriksw1298 it’s all the Sicilian people who got crushed using the exact moves he told white to play
Probably because after C3 they can’t get their precious Dragon or Najdorf variations which is likely the only reason they even learned anything about the Sicilian
Angry Dewa Kipas supporters who spammed their dislikes and who didn't remove their dislikes when the truth actually came out (look at upload date: Feb 26, 2021).
Your videos are a gift to the chess community. You are so good at explaining and at the same time you are very entertaining. Its very obvius that you have been coaching chess for a long time. Keep up these great videos man.
I was literally waiting for this one since the pogchamps
Me too
Saaame
Same here
Same
Lol Sardoche just played it in pogchamps again
"I played really well out of the opening and then didn't play checkmate."
Now THAT is relatable.
When Levy's chair has a higher rating than you, feels bad man.
4:47 if youre really low rated, sac the queen and go ne5 with mate in one if black takes
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Great video, time to lose 300 rating trying to play this opening and be salty
it's a good opening for lower-rated players, much better than the usual open or closed sicilian anyway
Play unrated when trying new stuff.
@@helvete_ingres4717 well at 9:16 what if black plays pawn to d6.
I thought the title was going to be "How to crush the Sicilian Defence with 1 pawn"
This man helped me go from 800 to 1200 in 2 months of casual play. Absolutely legendary content creator.
Why do I watch these when I know I’m never going to remember all this lmao
Osmosis 💧
Try rewatching it multiple times.
Replay it on the board a lot
This is not harder to learn then it is for a high schooler to learn a history lesson.
You will remember this if you put effort into it. It is not hard to learn everything which is in this video.
Great video - also useful for Smith-Morra gambit players as well when players use Nf6 and transpose to these Alapin variations. I am currently researching the Smith-Morra gambit so I thought this might have some relevance for the Nf6 decline transpositions.
At 13:50, I am not sure c2 is the only move to not lose. it seems Be7 might be playable for a draw - also Bb4 and a6. But c2 seems technically best and it would be a concern as you say online if someone played c2 :) It is good sometimes perhaps to have some warning signals akin to a reverse Turing-test when playing certain opening variations :)
139: Smith-Morra-Nf6-decline - Smith-Morra-Nf6-decline Line 0.0, Smith-Morra Internet Chess Club 2011
r1q1kb1r/pp3ppp/1nn1p3/1N4N1/8/1Pp3P1/1P2QP1P/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1
Analysis by Stockfish 14:
1. = (-0.12): 15...c2 16.Qh5 Nd8 17.Re1 g6 1......
2. = (0.00): 15...Be7 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qh4 Be7
3. = (0.00): 15...Bb4 16.bxc3 Be7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 a6 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Na3 Qc7 21.Nxh7 Ne5 22.Rd1 Nf3+ 23.Kf1 Qc6 24.h4 Nh2+ 25.Kg1 Nf3+
4. = (0.00): 15...a6 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qf3 f5 18.Nxe6 axb5 19.Rxa8 Nxa8 20.Re1 Be7 21.Qxc3 Rg8 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxe7 Kxe7 24.Ng5+ Kd8 25.Ne6+ Ke7
....
Really bad blunders:
h6 certainly seems a losing move though
Bc5 also a losing move to Nxe6
But I do appreciate White has nice threats here as you mention
Great stuff - thanks :)
Hello kingscrusher
Tbh Gotham I just wanted to say pure thank you. Watching your content made me improve at chess so much. Before I was struggling on rating 700, now I am a 997 on 15 win streak :D Rating itself is not the greatest but the improvement is what counts, right?
No trust me, you’re awesome!
I’m curious, what’s your rating after all this time?
Dont worry mate, anyone above 900-1000 is at least a top 40-30% player
At 2:35 You can play d5 and set up a trap, Nxe4 blunders Qa4+ winning the knight.
i think we all love him
At 28:04 when bishop takes knight on C6 isn't it a forced mate in two? Queens takes F7 with check and next move queen takes G8 mate?
Levy: Crush sicilian using alapin!
Also Levy in the other video: Sicilian is overpowered
I played the alapin and my opponent sent me a message saying:" gothamchess?" LOL!
Why all the dislikes? This was a good video.
Prolly players who play Sicilian as Black lmao
doesnt he have some beef with an indonesian chess player?
@@altagent3472 Yeah, maybe this video was made when that whole drama happened
@@cosmo7754 Haha yeah, although honestly I prefer the Smith-Morra Gambit in terms of anti-Sicilians.
@@treskilion-9690 same, though i also play the rossulimo
28:03 levy just missed a mate in 2
Me: *Inventing the Alapin a month ago*
Me: this is INCREDIBLE! I invented an opening!
Levi: So this is the Alapin...
Me: :-(
Look on the bright side-you're good enough to discover renowned theory.
U thought you invented c3? It's the 2nd move of the game. Chess has been around approx 1500 years....and u think invented a new opening....ON MOVE 2??
Did you also lay out dough in a round shape....cover it with a thin layer tomato sauce and a top it with mozzarella cheese and think u invented pizza....until you saw a Domino's commercial?? 😅
@@KevinWood44 lol
@@KevinWood44 actually...
what did u name it
love the video, you are better than agadmator, keep it up, 1 mill is around the corner
Levy: I’ve been talking about theory for 15 mins.
Me (checks how long I’ve been watching): It’s been 14:56
13:48 black can also play Be7 no and it is completely drawn, to avoid losing completely both players have to force a repetition, Qh5 whites only good move, g6 blacks only good move, Qh6 Bf8 and then Wueen back to h5 and bishop back to f8
I don’t really feel like learning the Alapin, but I’ll watch it anyways
@@DonFreeq I already play a3
@@DonFreeq I got to 1700 with just a3 against every Sicilian player. Rarely do people handle the aggression following a3.
@@DonFreeq smith morra is also pretty good
12:22-12:28 "If you don't know what en passant means, you shouldn't be watching theory about Sicilian." 🤣
Gotham subscriber: Now what?
Gotham: “play chess”
6:45 oh no stepbishop I'm stuck
I can't memorize more than a few moves of theory, my brain just won't do it.
I find writing it down and playing it out on a real board helps - good luck :)
I know what the best response is against Alapin: d5 because after he takes on d5 queen takes d5 and he cant play knight c3 because the pawn is in the way.
How does Levy expect "human" moves out of his chair? NANI
For those of you who said you can’t memorize it’s called study! It takes time to learn
You said it!!
I never minded facing the Alapin. I liked the Nf6 lines but the first defense played and studied in depth was the Alekhine's Defense. Edvins Kengis was a great influence of mine. Fun video.
Levy just wanted to say thank you, I win and draw 2 games with this quick guide ! You're awesome
"The name of this video is 'How To Crush People', right? So crush them." Awesome!! That attitude is why I subscribe. :)
Yes i agree that Alapin if played correctly is a sure sicilian killer. Alapin eliminates the venom of this complicated sicilian.
Perfect timing. I started studying the alapin like 1,5 weeks ago because I had difficulty dealing with the sicilian, and I was kinda stuck studying now so this is a gods gift, ty♡
Opponent name:- Noob sicilian player
Me:- Hell no I am never playing sicilian defense
Me: *a d4 and a Sicilian player who benefits nothing from this video* - Interesting
It tells you what to look out for.
you're trash - *this comment made by e4 and King's Indian gang*
2:00 If they do play 4...d5, you take it: 5.exd5. After 5...Qxd5 you protect your pawn: 6.Nf3. They are almost guaranteed to increase pressure on your weak pawn with 6...Bg4, but there is a good alternative 6...e5 which they rarely choose on intermediate level. After 6...e5, you would play 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 and play from there with a bishop pair. When they do play 6...Bg4, I strongly recommend the pawn sacrifice 7.Nc3!. (If they play neither, you can soon play Nc3, d5 etc. to force their pieces back. You are much better.) They have quite a few ways to go wrong now like 7...Qd8??, 7...Qd7??, 7...Qa5?, 7...Qh5?, 7...Qe6+?. Check a study I just created for more about these. lichess.org/study/IOAs4dKp.
The best option is 7...Bxf3 to which you respond by hanging a pawn and ruining your kingside pawn structure: 8.gxf3!. Seriously. Black is going to think you are out of your mind. After 8...Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 the key is 10.Nb5!. Check the study (again, the link is lichess.org/study/IOAs4dKp) for deeper analysis, based on John Emms's book "Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian".
Now comes the hard part, reminding all of this in a 3 min game when you can"t always play against the secillian X)
That's why Levy made videos on Vienna game (if your opponent plays e5) and fantasy variation of the Caro cann.
the only way to truly “crush” the Sicilian is to play the open unless black blunders really badly, and even then black still gets fighting chances
that’s why I love the Sicilian
This is really instructive, thank you very much for this! Well explained!
One notation: You didnt have to use the second rook in this one endgame, there is a typical endgame motiv to promote a pawn with just one rook and another connected pawn against a rook.
Greetings from Germany!
Ledator
*motif
This is the fourth volume in Bill Wall's outstanding series of
collections of miniature chess games. Some chessplayers
assume that the Queen's Gambit produces stodgy games.
This collection quickly disproves that theory. Here are
500 victories in 25 moves or less. All levels of chess skill
are represented - from grandmasters and world champions
to woodpushers. The games are arranged by variation and
indexed by players' names. This new collection is certain
recaps are fun and everything, but, man, I freaking love educational vids more.
"What do I do now?"
"[Play Chess.]"
This is going to be my answer from now on 😂
Channeling the inner Mr. Shaibel there.
"What do I do now?"
"Now you -resign- play Chess."
why levy plays 1200 and 1500 can't he play vs 2500 or even 2000??????????
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 he wants to show how it can help you improve at the lower levels
obviously levy can win against higher rated player but they will be prepared against this opening and it won't be as educational
the thing is not the level of the players it's taking them out of the comfort zone which shows why this opening is good
@@pranjalsrivastava3343 As if his viewers will have master-rating opponents?
@@idonoy661 Yes but weak players like these can't get out of the opening without making a game-losing blunder anyway. he needed to play an online 1700 elo at least. You could hear Levy's disappointment in the quality of their play.
the problem with these vids is that they are so helpful that someone opens this and sits in a gmae and as a beginner i dont exactly make the best choices and get crushed so it becomes a matter of which video executes the strat best and there is no hype middle game and its just cramming in such a thought provoking game
I just think is so wholesome how he talks about Levichairs
28:05 after Bxc6 Qf7 and mate on g7 :)
I can't imagine how hard you are working for these videos. You are uploading twice a day recently. Keep up the good work man enjoying these videos ♥
I mean this is his passionate job, I also work 9-5.
28:08 - Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxg7# forced mate
ohhh later he recognized
12:44 "and now I'm giving you grandmaster level preparation..."
"... castles." 😁
Gotham: Talking about how active play for a pawn doesn't matter below gm level
Me as Danish Gambit player: ...
yesterday/2 days ago,
Eric Rosen: Using Openingtree to Prepare alapin sicillian
Levy: Oh so here is how you destroy with alapin
This video is about playing the Alapin. It's not about playing against it or destroying it.
@@knightclinic332 Thx for correcting me
It's scary how quickly he destroys the opponents. Opening theory is powerful.
This video was so entertaining I watched it in 5 minutes
12:31 if they don't push the d pawn: Ng5 Bf7#
11:50 Levy, at the beginner level even queen advantages dont mean anything because you can get 5 botez gambits in a single game
You miss Qf7+ and Qg7# if they take you knight on 28:05
"The only two good moves are d4 and Nf6."
Wait this sounds familiar...
"If you're like 1100, there's a much higher chance that people just go here"
I'm 1000- and I did that-
"-because they play the dragon sicilian"
*_flashbacks from yesterday_*
In any line you comment e5 move for black, just e6. e5 is harder to fight
My freaking DOGman! When you getting GM bro??? Awesome content! BEST on the Tube.
He quit competive chess so probably never
Nah he didn't
This is one of his best suggestions. I’ve had a lot of success against intermediate players using it. A lot of my wins against higher rated players are using the Alapin.
Me, an 800:
CHOKE the Sicilian Defense: The BLUNDER
11:34 Levy trashing on literally every gambit LOL
That 2nd game ending was CRAZY! I dream of seeing such precise calculations one day
This video is good for learning the black moves also.
I've been looking for something new to try against the Sicilian and have tried c3 a couple of times without really understanding why..this vid has given me a bit more confidence to play it..
At 5:09 what if he plays the pawn after the bishop pin?
Also 5:04 what of bishop e8
Levy must be a mind reader.
I'm honestly very curious why this video has so many dislikes. The alapin, which I have been playing for a very long time, is a very solid opening where you take full control of the center at the start and slowly build a positional advantage, sometimes making a pawnbreak on the queenside. There is also the the open c file for the rook and very easy development. The Na3 line is honestly very hard to handle without knowing some of the theory, and this should get you to at least 1900 uscf elo (otb chess) before you encounter the stronger chess players who know the theory.
ikr i just saw that
Great video but now everyone knows how to play against this and you took my weapon 😑😂😂
I get that chessly is a big deal (it’s good too, I’ve got a few courses) but these videos were awesome. More of these whenever possible!
Dislikes come from Sicilian players
*1:38 as an accelerated dragon sicilian player, im offended by your accuracy
Who watch here 2024?
Me lol
Here
Present!
2025!
At 18:05, how does that hang the bishop? Why cant the knight retake?
“Tell them Eric Rosen told you to do that.”
*Oh no my queen intensifies*
if they play Qe4 here at 5:51 then what should I do?
Oh, another video by gotham, I'll se later. Oh, no, wait, is about how to crush the sicilian? I'm gonna watch it immediately!!
3:15 What do we do if here black doesn't take back with the Queen but plays Nf6?
Switched to this opening. Now everyone plays d5... thanks levy but it was better when your channel wasn't so big lol.
Sincere thank for the notations! You do not know how hard it is to score your videos to have a review of the options. I suggest a lesson in how to record the various variations on paper for study. I see some views of the variations but I find it difficult to do it myself. I guess maybe the format is not the same as the computer input method in the Lichess analysis board. Maybe I am an outlier in trying to do the notations but I would think this is a basis skill needed by all serious chess players.
Sicilian itself is a very complex opening, can't expect it's counter to be less complex XD.
But your videos based on openings are quite nice and informative, will look forward for more videos☺️👍
Would be great to see a video on the Open Sicilian for the white pieces. I think it's such an amazing, sharp opening where both players attack each other aggressively. It's definitely the greatest, most aggressive and effective weapon against the Sicilian defence and the most thematic, double-edged variation. There are so many powerful options for white, the Richter-Rauzer, the Fischer-Sozin attack, the Yugoslav attack, English attack, Maroczy bind, etc.
I'm still a beginner but this is what I would rather learn. I think it's way more challenging and exciting and everyone who wants to become a good chess player should at least know how to play it.
So many insane, inspiring games have been played from the Open Sicilian and everytime a great player plays it (with the white or the black pieces), it gives chills. Sidelines like the alapin and closed sicilian are just not the same... imo
I think saying you shouldn't learn it because of 'theory' is sort of patronising and underestimating people's natural ability and desire to learn and improve. Every opening has theory. You may as well say "don't bother learning anything new, that would be hard".
Also if you play it against people of the same level it won't matter and you will get a great game, you just play the best you can.
Yeah, a gotham chess closed Sicilian vid would be great
@@priyavraman Lol nice troll, gott'em good, or should I say... GOTHAM good hihihihi
@@freetheorcas8509 wasn’t trolling but... ok?
@@priyavraman Yeah, sure you weren't lol