Chess Opening: Grand Prix Attack with 5.a3 [Part 2/2]

This is a followup to my first video on this variation, 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a3!?
I decided to make a second video on the spur of the moment, it is not my best video in terms of organization & coherency. Hope you are able to get some ideas from this... you should probably study some of these lines on your own as I left a lot of ends loose (and appear to contradict myself a couple times I notice)

Anyway I haven't been feeling well lately, I know this is not my best, please enjoy anyway.

Again refer to Goeller's article: http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2008/gp-a3.htm

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• pullin
• chess
• grand
• prix
• sicilian
• opening
• left
• hook
• english

[jeffhowison]

excellent video - i like to play the grand prix against my friend and i always thought the goal of Nd6+ seemed good for white. but now i know otherwise. very good explanation of the weak white center. great job!!

[GreenCastleBlock]

@jeffhowison d6 is a good square for the N when its support isn't crumbling away... for instance in the Classical French

[scotland7yard]

Youtube would be 0 without youtubers like GCB. I wonder if there's a way to get more minutes per video, maybe a subscribers/views target? I don't know how it works

[GreenCastleBlock]

I believe "partners" can upload longer videos but you have to put banner ads on. Not sure.

[nomindchess]

this was insightful. thanks, and i enjoy how you analyze, ie, it seems you have turned off the mouse casue i cant see it? if so how to do this? also the slower moving speed of the pieces, along with the nice smoothness of arrows created a calm and enjoyable experience to watch, myabe it was the green,

[GreenCastleBlock]

@nomindchess Thanks, I was trying some new things presentation-wise in these videos. I don't usually have the piece animation speed this slow.

[Royalemperorblue]

What GUI do you use?

[yoghurtverse]

excellent video g.c.b.

your effort is very much appreciated...

[ledgeleaper]

Thanks for the video. I like your thoughts on all of this.

[GreenCastleBlock]

@idlenessss It's not always that great to get a N to d6. First of all the center is closed, so castling is not that important for Black anyway. Also, as White has a pawn wedge into e5 it could be argued g7 is no longer the best square for the bishop.