Beating ALL the Anti-Sicilian Systems! – GM Chris Ward

October 24, 2014 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video, Chris deals with beating all the anti-Sicilian systems. He starts out with the Sicilian Wing Gambit and shows us one of the shortest ever GM games to persuade us to not fear White’s play. Then he shows how to deal with the Smith Morra Gambit when he suggests just taking it to play e6/Nc6/Qc7 and Ng4, with dangerous threats that include a mating trap! Chris demonstrates a few GM games that turn out very well for Black, with the key feature for Black being placing his Queen on b8 where it contributes to attacking the h2 square.

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