Closed Sicilian - Chess Opening

Th Closed Sicilian starts out with 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 and plays much differently than the standard 2. Nf3 move from white that most players are expecting. If you want to take your opponents out of all their prep in the Sicilian than just play the Closed Sicilian.

[neilweaver]

2... Nc6 1:55
3... g6 2:50
3... Nf6 3:33
4... e5 3:39
5... g6 3:51
5... e7 4:00
4... d6 4:10
4... d5 4:28
3... d6 6:05
4... Nf6 6:34

2... e5 6:47
3... Nc6 6:59
3... Nf6 7:08
3... g6 7:13
4... Nc6 7:44
5... Bg7 7:53
6. Nb5 d6 8:10
7. Ng5 Qxg5
8... Kd8 9:11
8... Kf8 9:19

2... d6 9:44
3... Nc6 9:56

2... Nf6 10:19

[hardikthakkar]

Ne2 is more preferred than nf3. Ne2 followed by castle and push f4-f5 opening rook and queen diagonally.

[van]

A "crossover" Bonus .... I for one, will say playing Chess, helps my GUITAR PLAYING CONCENTRATION....especially memorizing pieces. Thanks Kevin!
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[raghavanraju]

Excellent following all ur videos most helpful for my tournament. trying for Grandmaster

[brain]

Never heard that there’s a closed Sicilian wow Kevin thanks for the vid

[DarthRevan]

I have learned so much from your channel

[pjerrin]

At 4:54 why not c4 by white? This defends the d4 pawn and threatens Qa4+ with a potential material gain - the knight on b4.

[lordgresham]

Thank you for the video.


Are you a GM, Kevin? What's your rating? I've been watching your vids for so long, I'm just curious.


Thanks again.

[kevinkendziora]

Thank you for the video! Good to have this in my back pocket.

[robertbrandywine]

Why is this called the "Closed" Silican? In what way is it closed?

[johnp]

when my opponent starts as white with king's pawn to e4,
      and I respond as black with Sicilian pawn to c5,
      and then white responds with queen's side knight to c3 (closed Sicilian),
      is there a specific initial Sicilian black defense version (? a6 O'Kelly, ? d6 Najdorf, ? e6 French, ? queen side knight to c6, ? king side knight to f6, ? other)
      that works best against white's closed Sicilian
      (in order for me to know what best 2nd move I should make as black) ?

thank you for all you have done for the chess community!

[oli.outside]

Ever since the queens gambit aired i realized i was meant for this

[maleperson]

I can never use the Sicilian. I play b5, knight b6 and without fail the Queen comes out and I have my bishops blocked in. Drives me nuts. What am I doing wrong?!

[YourSelfImprovementCoach]

This is very helpful I have my school chess tournament soon and I’m playing against a good player who plays Sicilian hyper excellerated dragon variation

[HenryMcCraken]

No views? No likes? No comments? Allow me to do the honors...

[soobpl]

Who the hell plays 2. Nc3 e5?? ?
I've literally never seen anyone play e5 in their second move in this position. It seems so bad for Black

[haldworkin]

What if after 2....Nc6 black follows up with e6 to prepare to push to d5 (possibly with playing Nf6 or Ne7 to also prepare the d5 break)? This is usually how I play against the closed Sicilian as black. It's a little slow, but I find usually allows me to gain control of the center as black.

[redflameken]

knight f "thrix", very relatable lol

[urinetzer]

You should do a video on the Catalan and a video going deeper on the english

[sleepyx]

I think at 8:31 Black simply plays Nh6 and castles. Then the Nb5 gets driven back with a6. I do not like the Bc4 idea when g3 is played.