Chess: Learn to Play the Sicilian Defense

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    Course

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    3h

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

THE SICILIAN DEFENSE has long been one of the most popular chess openings played at all levels. And for good reason, it’s a very fun opening to play while also being extremely effective.

In this course, you will learn how to play the Sicilian Defense with both the black and white pieces, including:

1. Must know tactics

2. Must know positions

3. Key defensive moves to avoid checkmate

4. Key attacking patterns to crush your opponent’s king

5. The Yugoslav Attack

6. The Keres Attack

7. The English Attack

8. The Adams Attack

9. The Closed Sicilian

10. The Dragon

11. The Najdorf

12. The Scheveningen

13. Much more

Understanding the opening phase of the game of chess is fundamental to becoming a strong player and will help you tremendously in blitz chess as the first several moves of the game can gain you a huge advantage and need to be made quickly in order to save time on the clock.

Once you finish this course and apply what you learn, you will be a relative expert at the Sicilian Defense and easily defeat most players that will not be as familiar with its many variations and intricacies. of this very effective opening.

LEARN TO PLAY THE SICILIAN DEFENSE, and drastically improve your overall chess performance!

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About this course

Chess lovers of all stripes
Serious chess players looking to improve

Basic knowledge of chess
How to move the chess pieces

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Subjects

  • English
  • Chess
  • Play
  • Powerful Weapon
  • Sicilian Defense
  • Classic Dragon
  • Accelerated Dragon
  • Chinese Dragon
  • Yugoslav Attack
  • Classic Najdorf

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COURSE CURRICULUM

Introduction

  • The Sicilian Defense is a Powerful Weapon

The Dragon Variation

  • The Classic Dragon
  • The Accelerated Dragon
  • The Chinese Dragon
  • The Yugoslav Attack

The Najdorf Variation

  • The Classic Najdorf
  • The English Attack
  • The Adams Attack
  • The Fischer-Sozin Attack

The Scheveningen Variation

  • The Classic Scheveningen
  • The English Attack
  • The Keres Attack
  • The Fischer-Sozin Attack

The Closed Sicilian

  • The Closed Sicilian

Conclusion

  • Fluency in the Sicilian Defense

Chess: Learn to Play the Sicilian Defense

Special Emagister price

£ 24 £ 199 VAT inc.