Thanks for this Molton, great video! I have played the Kan since your first video on it and it has been a lot of fun. I have struggled a bit against the maroczy so this was exactly what I needed.
thanks for making this tutorial the maroczy is tricky for me to play against at times and you've got some great ideas to play against it. Much appreciated.
I've been watching and rewatching both of your Kan videos in preparation for several tournaments coming up next month. This will be the first time I've played the Sicilian Defense since the 70's!
I have played Hedgehog/Kan/Paulen for well over 20 years. It's a great counterpunch game, people in clubs see all my early pawn and queen moves, this gives them confidence. Then when they think I'm weak I open up my attack and have savaged some over 2000 rated. Had my butt kicked a few times too of course, but It fits my personality, and I think that is what will work best for You.
That game would be Fischer-Andersson 1970. Paulson-Morphy 1857 saw the same maneuver, but the purpose of the former was to carve out the e4 square while the latter was a mating attack. These were problem 41 in Silman’s Reassess Your Chess Workbook
Hey Molton, do you take lessons? I’m looking to prepare for a tournament and would love to get better at the accelerated dragon. I think your videos are so instructive especially in the Sicilian. Would be great to see an accelerated dragon video, alternatively I would love to have a lesson with you on it and pay!
I will probably get to doing a video on accelerated dragon at some this year. But yes can always send me a message on Lichess (Molt7n) or Chess.com (Molton) in regards to classes
Yes I think Shipov wrote this book as a two part series. One arising from 1.c4 or English structures. 1.d4 is a bit more difficult since it requires Black to play c5 and capture on d4
I watched the Sicilian Kan video, it was well done and all of the moves where shown and I learned a lot. This video just jumps right into a position in the game without knowing how you got there. The only time when all the moves are shown, is at the beginning of the video. Sorry, but this video is poorly done in my opinion. Please show all the moves along with each Idea section. Even better would be a link in the description to a PGN, with all of the moves within the entire video.
I would like to point out that 1100 should not be watching these videos as these are high rated vs high rated and therefore they develop first before making an attack whereas low rated (like myself 😭🤦) start throwing pawns then start wondering where they went come endgame so currently all I can do is dream 😭😭😭😭
