10 Sicilian Defense Traps in less than 6 minutes (Delayed Alapin Variation)

What is the trappiest chess opening ever? It might just well be the Alapin Sicilian (c3 Sicilian). Learn 10 common chess traps in less than 6 minutes.

Replay them in this Lichess study:

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[jonathanbernhard]

Help!!! I'm trapped in the comment section!

[LeventK]

"That is not a trap"
"But kind of a trap"

Understandable, have a great day.

[thatsewerguy]

That's a cool video format . Would like to see more!

[marbleyarrow]

I imagine Admiral Ackbar is freaking out right now.

[lp]

I was literally looking for traps against the sicilian today awesome video!

[theawkwardcurrypot]

Best chess channel in YouTube. Though the name is a little bit hard for a South Indian tounge.
Your beginner series helped me from 900s to 1400s on lichess.

[freedom]

Naruto meets Haku: 0:18 0:31 0:44 1:08 1:36 1:41-1:44 2:27 3:08 3:44 4:17 5:27 5:34

[JonathanSchrantz]

Trapping the algorithm by leaving a comment.

[Choppalove]

Throughly enjoy both the older live format with twitch chat and deeper nalysis aswell as these condensed videos. Keep it up!

[Tophbbq]

I'm begrudgingly liking and commenting, even though I really would rather this video just not take off at all so that nobody watches this video and I can just collect all my free wins from unsuspecting opponents

[DavidEmerling]

I've been playing the Alapin with 2.c3 forever. This just convinced me to play the *delayed* Alapin. The thing about many of these traps is that they stem from natural-looking moves for black.

[Sandude]

I like this new very dynamic video style with sound effects. 10/10 would watch again.

[philiproschactor]

Thanks so much Johnathan Schrantz. One of the most entertaining and informative chess videos I've ever seen.👏

[kflo]

The video format we didn’t think we needed. Great video love the new format and the trap topic!

[johnplus]

3:13 Rb1 is a move I came up with on my own about 32 years ago. It lead to a rather spectacular win against a computer after Qf5?!, Rxb7! Bxb7, Qa4+ Qd7, Bb5 Bc8, Rc1! Qxb5, Rxc8+!

[angosalvo]

Thanks for this. I'm rediscovering chess after so many years of forgetting about it by following you. Your videos are really great for leaning and entertainment likewise.

[marcofrey]

Wow, and here I was playing the Smith Morra Danish variation, tilting at danish windmills. Definitely improved my piece coordination, working from behind but with all my pieces developed! But this seems like a fun and sounder alternative.

[nikolamarinkovic]

Pretty cool video format, its really fun to watch!

[spookydoo]

LOVE IT, super easy to understand man, great stuff

[anton]

Thanks for this. I picked up the delayed alapin a while ago from your streams and have great games with it. Hope to have a lot more in the future with these traps