Hello everyone! This is another installment of my opening series, and today I have my complete guide to the sicilian defense. This opening comes after white plays E4 and we respond with C5. This is largely regarded as the best opening against king's pawn, reason being it is very counterrattacking. In the majority of lines, black gets full equality and is fighting for an advantageous endgame. I mainly show the Najdorf Sicilian which is mainline, but I also show how to beat all the most common sidelines. Subscribe for more videos like this, and have a great day! 0:00 Intro 1:02 Reaching the Najdorf 2:39 Main Setup 4:09 Poisoned Pawn Variation 13:27 English Attack 18:33 Lipnitsky Attack 19:47 Opočenský Variation 21:48 Bd3 Variation 23:13 f3 Variation 25:31 Closed Sicilian / Grand Prix Attack 27:47 Alapin Variation / Smith-Morra Gambit 30:05 Bowdler Variation (Bc4) 31:28 Wing Gambit 32:50 Delayed Alapin 33:41 Outro PGN if you'd like to self-study: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6) 3... a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a4 (5. Bc4 b5 6. Bd5 (6. Bb3 c4) 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 e6 8. Nc3 Bb7) 5... e6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7) (2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 (5. Nf3 dxc3 6. Qxd5) 5... d6 6. Nf3 (6. exd6 e6 7. Nf3 Bxd6 8. Nc3 O-O) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O e6) (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6) (2. Bc4 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O (4. a4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Be6) 4... d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Re1+ Be7 7. Bf1 Nf6) (2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 (3... bxa3 4. Bxa3) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 (5. axb4 Qe5+ 6. Be2 Qxa1) 5... e5 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 (7. Nc3 Bxc3) 7... Be7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Nf6) 2... d6 (2... d6 3. d4 (3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 (4... Nxe4 5. Qa4+) 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. d4 O-O) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 (6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 (7. Bc1 Nc6 (7... Nf6) 8. f3 (8. Nxc6 bxc6) 8... Qb6 9. h3 (9. fxg4 Qxd4) (9. Nxc6 Qf2#) 9... Nf6) (7. Qd2 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 (10. f3 Ne3 11. Qd2 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxc2+) (10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6) 10... h5 11. h4 (11. h3 h4 12. hxg4 hxg3 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. fxg3 Nc6) (11. Bxg4 Bxg4) 11... gxh4 12. Bxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6) 13... Be6 14. f3 Nge5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Qe1) (6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. f3 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qb6 14. Nxf8 Rxf8) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7) (6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 (9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7) 9... Qc7 (9... b5 10. e5) 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 (13. fxe5 dxe5) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bf6) (6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Be3 (9. f5 Qb6 10. Be3 e5) 9... Qc7 10. Qf3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rae1 Rc8 13. Qg3 O-O) (6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. h4 (11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 b4 13. Nb1 d5) 11... b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4) (6. Rb1 e6 7. Ra1 Be7 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. Ra1 Qc7 10. Rb1 b5 11. Ra1 Bb7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Ra1 Rac8) 6... e6 7. f4 (7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5) 7... Qb6 8. Qd2 (8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Kb1 O-O) (8. a3 Be7 (8... Qxb2 9. Na4) 9. Be2 Nbd7) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O Qa5 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qd3 (17. Qxg5 hxg5) 17... Nc5 18. Qc4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rc8) (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. f5 h5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Rb7 Qg5 18. Qd3 h4) 10... b5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 fxg5 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17. O-O Nc6) *

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