The Sicilian Defense | 10-Minute Chess Openings

I love ❤ the Sicilian

So that’s what that song meant when it said fly like a G6. Started playing 1 month ago 😅

I'm under 400 determined to learn and dominate with the Sicilian.😂 thanks for all your content and being a great teacher!

Me:Playing Sicilian at 1400elo
The result:💀💀💀

I’m 1500elo and trying to learn this

Can you make a 1hour video about this

I’m 300 elo, I did the first 2 moves and got a resigned win. Thanks Gotham

guess ima learn caro kan

Im trying to get to rapid 1800... I hope learning sicilian helps

Hmmmmm, I think I'll still use it.

I LIKE COMPLEX THINGS!

I got a school chess torunament tomorrow and ive not practiced at all - probably all I'm gonna use when I'm black (wish me luck on white 💀)

Sounds like a reading from the index of a textbook. It would be nice to pick one or two main lines and explain the principles. No player can wait until they are 2000 to learn the principles and they will face these openings routinely.

The okelly variation is easy for beginners

Sir ,Sicilian Scheveningen repertoire please!!!,

Kindly talk slower hehe😊

Hey Gotham, I just played my first Sicilian (1080 elo) and CHECKMATED with 97%! Estimated rating of 1650!

I want to extend thanks to you for your help, though via an impersonal channel, I feel like you personally helped me. So thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

To the Moon. Trust me, it's a narrative masterpiece.

back when GothamChess videos were legitimately quality chess content about learning chess instead of clickbaity nonsense jerking off Magnus

haha. I don't even know what to do with a Queens gambit opening, but I starting learning this. Lord help me!

I tried Playing that be Batter in
Games

Can you do the 3 hour version so someone can actually get the beginnings of a feel for what types of Sicilians they want to play?

At first I was like I’m like 1000 Elo and play Sicilian, and then I see the main lines which I never play against, lol.

Gotham: don't play the sicilian till you're 2000
Me: i identify as a 2000

Speeding worms variation?. Man.

I am at 600 elo and I play shimanov scillian defense

I used it on 149 elo and I won 😭

Bro listen
We are dum enough to try

Any suggestion like book or online free resource to improve my sicilian. 1700 is my rating

Ever played 'Quarto"?

I’m about 1000 and the Sicilian works great for me.

Lets see another Sicilian Defense video Levi... Please!? :)

I AM TOTALLY LOST
worst defence ever against computer

Man fuck the Sicilian. It’s confusing and it’s stupid and it’s fun. I love playing it but fuck the Sicilian

"Don't use till u 2000"
Ok, so whats the next video then?

Levy - was great to watch your Sicilian Defense variation - on other games: Card Games: Spades, Canasta, Rummy - As a former tennis player - Pickleball is great - exploding in popularity with many players in my HOA tennis courts, etc. now to make the time to play.

Its kinda weird watching levy speaking this calmly lmao

1. e4 c5 { B20 Sicilian Defense } 2. d3 d6 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Ngf3 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. a4 a5 10. g4 b4 11. Nf1 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 f6 16. Qa2+ Kh8 17. h5 fxg5 18. hxg6 h6 19. Nxg5 e5 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxf7 Nf6 23. Rxh6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

Nahh i am a beginner but i will play it cause Sicilian sounds cool

I play pub G and I play chess those are my only two games

Thanks man I appreciate this one

Shortest video I've ever watched 😭

Me who is a 500 rating destroying my way to victory

Why 2000 I am 1700 and play sicilia n easily

I played Sicilian and now I'm 1200...this opening is fun but it has so many variations that it just fucks you up. If you still wanna play this you gotta remember everything

NGL I'm in the 800s rn and I'm so sick of seeing white play the Scotch game that I've just started playing the Cicilian as the default response to E4. So far it's working pretty well, I can tell a lot of players are thrown off because they only bothered to learn two E4 openings for White.

I've been playing the Sicilian terribly for over a decade now.😢

This has up-ed my game hugeee

if this is a tough opening to study what is a good option for a lower rated player to play against e4? Thank you