Play the Sicilian Taimanov like a Grandmaster! | 1400-1500

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[@bobkreme2175]

Damn chessbrah really be pressing out lots of good content lately , love it!

[@slyck_supracotra7136]

yup i thought so too, something "clicked" in the new year i guess

[@lukecannon]

Nice of Aman to let Eric play this episode!

[@Alpacastan21m]

Absolutely enjoying the Taimanov.

[@caxel20]

I'm confused, what happened to the first half of the first game? Seems like it was cut.

[@sayafkhan748]

My wait dor Fridays should motivate me end at least a dozen more Fridays☺️

[@adamjohnson9188]

26:59 most impressive moment in the video. Dude has to be typing at least 100 WPM!

[@ironman85000]

1:04 am I missing something or does black win the Queen by force here? Nf2+ Kg1 Ne4+ with a discovered check and an attack on the Queen

[@MaliceInWonderlandx1]

Yeah he wins the queen I was like screaming at the screen haha

[@ThortheMerciless]

Nice video. I played the Taimanov for years, but when I started playing again recently I switched to the Kan [for those who don't know, you start with e6 and then a6]. The advantage of the Taimanov is that you can play pretty much the same moves against anything. The advantage of the Kan is that you are more flexible, so for instance, against 5.c4 I play Nf6/Nc3 Bb4; against 5.Nc3 I play b5 and Bb7; against Bd3 I play Bc5/Nb3 Ba7. I'd be interested in the "Chessbrah" take on the difference.
Also, happy to play the reverse Taimanov (and have done so), but I'm unsure what to play against 1.c4 c5 - the mirror is annoying.

[@VaoDxArchAngel]

In a symmetrical English you just go on with your development really quickly. Fianchetto your bishop(s) is strong and then just try to outplay in the midgame

[@ThortheMerciless]

That is good advice in any opening, but the problem with the symmetrical English is that it is hard to create imbalances.

[@ThortheMerciless]

I love c4 against the Kan. Nf6, Bb4, Ne4, Qa5, etc. What don't you like? I'm not so keen on it against the Taimanov!

[@iambrianlevy]

Goo taimanovesque openings

[@brian-sf2re]

Taimanov has carried my rating from 1450 to 1550

[@thetransferaccount4586]

noce tao,pam

[@kiyoshi9807]

At 3:43 why not give a check woth the knight,king only has one square,than its discovered check with the night and bishop and you can take his queen with the nightm

[@bbbbbzzzzzzzzzz5431]

Engine suggests knight check is best move, it's how to get the queen here 🏅

[@skdhhfdhhsjsjsksdjhdjjsjs5819]

Can you play the taimanov against d4? I was thinking of playing e6 first but i dont know if it works

[@Herschel3991]

Short answer is no. You should play in response to your opponent. You can play d4 e6 though. Look into the Nimzo-Indian, pretty sure Aman also recommends this, maybe even has a speedrun on it. The correct move order would be d4 Nf6 c4 e6. So you would still need a response to 2. Nf3 and 2. Bf4. Hope it helps buddy

[@skdhhfdhhsjsjsksdjhdjjsjs5819]

⁠​⁠@@Herschel3991thanks, I will check out the nimzo indian then

[@rizdos6437]

There's the c5 d6 in the benoni if you want

[@RG001100]

During the streams, in response to 1 d4, Aman played the Dutch, iirc.

[@dansiekman1454]

I think, generally, white would push the pawn again to d5 and it would transpose into the Benoni.

[@LingtonTV]

why does the video start half way through a game?

[@MaliceInWonderlandx1]

3:38 missed a free queen with knight f2 check

[@slyck_supracotra7136]

i have only realized just now what your username, like I lol im so dumb like what the heck is that username 🤣🤣🤣

[@AIHumanMind]

Your comment made me look, and yep first time I noticed too, lol

[@boftungol9423]

For anyone else that still hasn't noticed, it's "taimanov" spelled backwards

[@timmerss9423]

Didn’t g5 trap the knight at 7:50

[@lucasmatsuoca]

cmon, only 38 min of Vonamiat's run, don't support these guys

[@PatrickRecordon]

1400-1500 is written in the title, plus he doesn’t have any obligation to you or any viewer.

[@lucasmatsuoca]

Don't care, + good try Aman alt account, i know it's you, still won't support you guys@@PatrickRecordon

[@unwisebobcat624]

Bruh it’s a speed run stop and go promotion system vid… hep the channel grow… take a step back and unsub

[@lucasmatsuoca]

@@unwisebobcat624 new brah spotted

[@unwisebobcat624]

@@lucasmatsuoca question… why don’t u support them? They split up the content into segments like every other chess speed run does… what’s ur reason, I gotta know