Simplified Openings: Third Rank Setup Against the Najdorf, Dragon, Classical and Taimanov Sicilians 

Recently GM Ganguly and GM Kasimdhanov (I hope my spelling is correct) completely reworked Alapin lines. I finished the short and sweet from them (Chessable) and wanted to buy it right away. The only problem is I have been training for 6 months to play a 1.d4 repertoire. Some lines are quite different from what existed before.

Very interesting ideas that are still within mainlines, yet avoid heavily-analyzed lines. Very instructive, high-quality content, as usual from GM Colovic!

When I returned to chess at 50yo, I didn’t know anything - I didn’t know the names of the openings etc. I found the Sicilian overwhelming, and was intimidated by everyone’s knowledge/prep. So I went w the Wing Gambit - I figured I’ll get everyone out of their comfort zone. After cxb4, I play Nf3, which leads to less-played lines… All to say - this video would have been very helpful to me 3yrs ago! Thx for sharing this idea! 👍🏽🙏

Amazing ideas!! Exactly what i was looking for as other main lines against sticilian is almost exhausted ! I loved it, thank you! ❤. I will analyse it further. Thank you once again!!

Very instructive ! a real master class !

Can you make a simplified solution to the modern and pirc please?

Thanks for sharing this! Hopefully we can get a sneak peek/preview of your new chessable course soon? ;)

Thanks. Great video. One question - in Taimanov when you skip the move a3, what to do if Black plays Bb4? Black will be able to damage White's structure with taking on c3.

@gmalexcolovic Excellent video! Unfortunately I recently switched to 1. d4 , but with very good results. So these lines will never come up for me. Could you make a video on Black playing the Sicilian with a Hedgehog pawn formation (Pawns on the 6th rank for black) formation for Black . That's that this video reminded me of.