Stomping the Sicilian Defense – GM Sam Shankland – (EMPIRE CHESS)

March 22, 2013 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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GM Sam Shankland is a leading expert in the Sicilian Defense, bringing years of experience in this complicated opening system with both colors. In the below chess video excerpt from the Empire Chess DVD ¨Stomping the Sicilian Defense¨, GM Shankland reviews a tense encounter between current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and the young Super-GM Teimour Radjabov – played at the Linares Chess Festival of 2009. In the full chess DVD, GM Shankland reviews 7 critical variations in the Sicilian Defense – explaining white’s best responses in every line. With this video excerpt, viewers are treated to a preview of the DVD and will learn an exceptional approach for white against the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defense. GM Shankland goes far into detail, explaining deep positional ideas in the middlegame and how they relate back to white’s aggressive opening play.

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