Chess Opening: Grand Prix Attack with 5.a3 [Part 1/2]
This video overviews the 5.a3 variation of the Grand Prix attack in the Sicilian Defense. I learned about this line from an article written by Michael Goeller from the Kenilworth Chess Club website: www.kenilworthchessclub.org Basically I don’t have full confidence in it as a full-time weapon against 1…c5 but it makes a nice change of pace line. I have won several games with the ‘delayed Wing Gambit’ 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a3 e6 6.b4!? Many players will take twice on b4 which gives Black a really bad position. But I prefer the defense 6…b6 7.e5 d5. Also the line 5…d6 6.Bc4 is not as great for White as it’s supposed to be. I think I will make another video on this as I sort of rushed to get this one under 11 min.
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Cool video!
Thanks, I was a little worried about its coherency, not feeling well
u should post more…. i love your videos..and you explain very well… i have learned so much !! thanks
If I played the grand prix attack I would certainly try that gambit. Thank you.
Very nice coverage Matt.
Thanks. Do you have any thoughts on this line? I was afraid this video was not very coherent so in fact I made a part 2 (uploading now) but that one is not very coherent either
I’m actually trying openings which involve pushin f4, this is gonna be useful, thanks!
great video, as always! excited to hear the rest!
I thought the video flowed nicely. I think that maybe the d6 strike at e5 is more direct and timely. Namely if exd then the queen can recapture w/o worry of something like Ne4 since Qd4+ is available. I’m in agreement w/ you regarding this h4 idea…just h5 and an ensuing knight posting on f5 is seemingly super solid.
welcome back MAtt!!
It’s great to see you posting chess vids again! Just a quick check. If Black accepts the delayed Wing-gambit (greedily) and White plays Ba3 (09:04), how about …Bxc3 dxc3 Nc6 with idea of doubling Knights with …Nge7
White has Bishop pair and Black has awkward Bishop, unsafe Kingside, but the Knight on c6 can’t be attacked by pawns, and Black is 1 pawn up.
Looking forward to hear further thoughts.
How is this video related to Eminem?
@geniusjas87 I dunno
@ongyj Maybe Qd6 there followed by Bd3,O-O,f5
great vid.i might give this system a try.
Thanks a lot for these great videos.
Great video. it nice to see some ways to counter the the grand prix attack. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.