Best Beginner Chess Openings - The Closed Sicilian - Guest Speaker: FM Charles Galofre

[HansSchw4nz]

dat flank

[loganINTJ]

Thanks Charles!

I'm a beginner and was intimidated by all of the sharp and deep open Sicilian positions, so chose to play closed until my tactics become better. This was very helpful in letting me know which strategic themes I should be focusing for this opening.

[TheBigGuppy]

Thanks. I always played 6. P-KB4 but you gave some new ideas to try on the internet.

Thanks again.

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Pretty cool Spassky game at the end.

[latmat]

Great video I already was subscribing to chess training school. He has a good personality, which shows great in his chess play during his videos!

[bluedasher23]

I didn't care for this speaker.... He seemed very automated, not very personable. Will is much more personable, and seems to speak impromptu whereas the guest speaker seems to sound very forced.

[bababu7]

The guest speaker sounds like he's reciting a script. Not as appealing to the ears.

[Djole0]

remarkable video, tnx!

[MrPRow007]

Merry Christmas thanks for the gift of a video.

[SuperShakespeare]

A good idea for black is at move 7.... Bg4 pinning the white knight and taking it off to reduce the white attacking potential quite considerably - a recommendation from Dzindzi - it works quite well.

[BinkyHuckleback]

15:34 After Nxf7, I couldn't see why Black couldn't just play Kxf7 followed by Rg8. Checking with an engine (Stockfish) it evaluates Kxf7 as Black's best option - there's no immediate mate, but White has a winning advantage with Bh6, Nf4, Rf1 with crushing pressure (just in case anyone else was wondering).

[poolplayer999]

thank you for sharing this! I am not ready for the Open Sicilians yet as I am just a B player, so the closed sicilian is perfect.

[nicocola1]

Na7 is a bad move. e6 is needed

[OnlineChessLessons]

Make sure to subscribe to FM Charles and his channel so he'll want to make more videos for us!

[nicocola1]

just a little tip: Hold shift while drawing a blue line, it will make it straight.

[TheFearUnlimited]

sick vid, thanks I learned a lot. Open Sicilian ideas coming soon?