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► Chapters 00:00 Top 5 Errors/Traps in the Sicilian Defense 00:35 Trap-5 in Open Sicilian 2...Nc6 02:36 Trap-4 in Sveshnikov Sicilian 06:04 Trap-3 in Open Sicilian 5...g6 08:49 How to find the best moves in ANY position? 09:03 Trap-2 in the Old Sicilian 3.Bc4 10:46 Trap-1: Ginsberg Gambit in Modern Variations
I've been watching your channel for almost a year and I'm really impressed by your vast knowledge mister Smirnov. Although my current rating is sth between 1600 and 1700 so still so much to acquire I really do appreciate your engagement and I'm quite pleased to have discovered your channel. The problem is although is it quite easy to watch your channel and understand its content and all of these traps you present I do not have an idea how to memorize them since there are so many of them. Finally I would like to find a way to use them somehow in my chess games which of course still are not that good taking into account how much of my daily time I sacrifice to learn sth new. Any suggestions? Thx. Rafal.
Hey Igor, I discover your channel 8 momths ago, and I did made a huge jump in my rating about 300, I also watched your old videos 11 years ago which are full of tactics and secret chess principles, I like how you organize the same pattern in different openings to show the idea of the trick not to ask us to memorize the move, I like how you never teach dubious gambits, only tge refutation line, I have to say one thing your new set seems very professional now but I miss the cat behind you and the part of your library on the wall, brfore it was like sitting with a friend on thier house and learn a massive entrtaining chess lesson. Much love and respect.
as Black don't be afraid to play the Sicilian! 2... e6 still gives a great dynamic game and stops lots of White's e4 tricks, easier to play than the immediate knight moves
Dear Igor, I really enjoy watching your videos and I have a request. Please make a crash course on vienna opening and also please make a video about grand prix attack because both of them are somehow popular(not very popular, but anyway) and there is not too many videos about them on RU-vid.