26,000 Tricked! Sicilian Defense Opening Trap – Ideas, Strategies, Tactics, Moves in the Sicilian

January 2, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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26,000 players and counting have fallen for this incredible opening trap in the Sicilian Defense. This is a very sneaky opening trick that many beginner and intermediate chess players have fallen for in the Sicilian Defense Opening, Classical, Sozin variation. In this opening trap you can win black’s queen as early as move 9! In this video I will show you all of the opening ideas, tactics, strategies, tricks, and principles of this Sicilian Defense trap. I will show you how to gain an opening advantage right out of the opening and set yourself up for a great start to the middle game. The Sicilian is an extremely popular chess opening and is the most common move played by black against the starting move e4. This opening trap will come up a lot so make sure you pay close attention to the opening variations that I will show you in the Sicilian Defense.

High Probability Opening Traps PLAYLIST:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp7SLTJhX1u4hSchpZUpRWvceNQag5o4U

Be sure to check out my other videos on chess opening tricks and traps below:

Sacrifice Queen and win in 8 moves! – https://youtu.be/_wJE2wN0Z9A
4 Clever Traps Against the Ruy Lopez! – https://youtu.be/la6jIQyypNY
Blackburne Shilling Trap! – https://youtu.be/FTldqwrt504
Caro-Kann Traps! – https://youtu.be/L5YU8B4uJUo

Try these traps out at chess.com: chess.com?ref_id=5885046

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