Sicilian Defense ALL Variations Explained [Chess Opening Crash Course]

April 30, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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► Chapters

00:00 Sicilian Defense for Black, Chess Opening Crash Course
00:12 Why the Sicilian Defense?
00:51 All main variations and ideas
02:07 1) Najdorf Variation, 5…a6
03:05 White castles queenside to attack Black
04:28 2) Dragon Variation, 5…g6 (for attacking players)
06:00 3) Classical Variation, 5…Nc6
06:28 Dirty checkmate trap
07:05 4) Sveshnikov Variation (aggressive)
09:41 5) Accelerated Dragon, 4…g6
10:56 Powerful dragon bishop (attacking ideas)
12:27 6) Some random variation
13:00 7) Closed Sicilian, 2.Nc3
13:42 8) Smith-Morra Gambit
13:53 Do NOT make this mistake!

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