This opening is simply unstoppable below 1700

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@shiro1744 7 ай бұрын

The only problem I have with the Dragon is that NO ONE plays the open/main line Sicilian lines under 1500 ELO - most common thing I get by far is people who just pre-move the Italian (where it makes more sense to go with e6 to make Bc4 look silly and go with Taimanov-style plans from there).

@jackrowley2218 7 ай бұрын

I get that a lot too at 1300 but I just play e6 b5 and I have a great win rate against it

@alancoe1002 7 ай бұрын

Where are these people!? Play the Scandi and pick up a Bishop!

@Cats83747 7 ай бұрын

Also noticed that, I’m at high 1600s and I only really started seeing Sicilians at 1500+, now it’s common practice

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

Generally you can always play g6-Bg7-Nc6-e6-Nge7-short castle-d6/d5 with a good position (when they don’t play open Sicilian)

@zackbrown1865 7 ай бұрын

Yea but u can play the accelerate anyway

@ItIsYouAreNotYour 7 ай бұрын

The haircut joke was spot on. Didn't even realize it until you said it. Don't worry, I looked like I was 5 years old until I was 35. You are going to age well.

@jusnew 7 ай бұрын

"Naked girl for the first time" is in one of Alex's courses with strategic approach

@jacovanburen4908 7 ай бұрын

Flashback. When I was learning chess (at 9) the sicilian was the first opening I learned. And it was thought badly to me. Part of the reason why I quit. This is so much better Alex! Thanks.

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

Funny thing, my first sicilian was Dragon, but because I didn't really get it, I switched to Najdorf and played it for 10 years lol.

@123string4 7 ай бұрын

So happy you're finally covering this. If you cover the dragon in as much depth as the London or Caro I'lll be so happy!!

@gavingoebel1423 7 ай бұрын

I just used your caro-kann opening trap against the fantasy variation and won in 7 moves!!! That pushed me onto the leaderboards 🤩

@alankwong7182 6 ай бұрын

Just stumbled on your channel. I love how you describe your thought process and possible moves. You helped me understand this position in a way that no other teacher has. I look forward to checking out the rest of your videos. Thank you!

@sudheeranavaratne2763 7 ай бұрын

The main reason why I love these videos despite them been over 40 minuets long is because of the explanations which helps me compare what I play vs what I should play.

@anandbenegal 7 ай бұрын

I used to play the Dragon with just some idea of the structure and it would still be effective at the beginner levels because of the surprise element of: "wait...Black can attack me back?"

@richardevans560 6 ай бұрын

"We're going to be playing aggressive, despite the fact I just got a haircut and look like a five year old" - Brilliant.

@Milla_mayne 7 ай бұрын

Been waiting(hoping) for this... Thank you Alex!

@ShaShaSha534 3 ай бұрын

I've been desperately searching for an a video that helps me understand the Sicilian. This is perfect! You are quick, concise and explain things clearly. I've been getting my butt kicked and have trouble castling in time, then finding myself in cramped positions, but I'll keep working on it.

@aparnarai3708 3 ай бұрын

There is a detailed video by someone else too Search Sicilian opening and it's a whole playlist

@RobertSela 24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. As an avid dragon player, my problem was always to find the time to get the second bishop involved and because of this I would often suffer in the later stages. You are an excellent coach because you dont teach lines, but ideas. This video taught me to build up the pawn structure just a bit differently, and never had a problem with the second bishop since.

@pax1913 7 ай бұрын

Whenever Alex presents an opening: yeah this really works if you are in [insert bracket containing 99% of the playerbase] 🤣

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

don't expose me! haha

@gregg3457 7 ай бұрын

Good to see your ad on Champion Chess Tour! That should be excellent for your courses and your channel! You got your foot in the door, keep pushing and we'll be seeing you playing with the big dogs soon!

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

Really? Now I have to watch the full broadcast haha, thank you!

@arnemiddeldorp101 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, This is a nice overview which helps me a lot.

@kalilg2242 7 ай бұрын

"We're gonna double-up on the bubble-up!" lmao

@Tasmanaut Ай бұрын

ben finegold saying

@jocakostic9710 7 ай бұрын

Please, more videos about Sicilian Dragon.

@saapman Ай бұрын

Love your videos. My favourite chess videos on YT. Keep up the excellent work! ❤

@b.s.7392 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Alex I was looking for some theory of this line.

@HenryTho 7 ай бұрын

When I’m in a changing video title competition and my opponent is Alex Banzea 😨😨😨

@BinkuSama 2 ай бұрын

I agree to cover this one more. Your videos are great and cover a lot. I have to watch them a couple times and practice but it’s really helped my game.

@ARTC69 7 ай бұрын

Please make more videos on the (hyper)accelerated dragon. I really enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it.

@qfgerg5775 2 ай бұрын

Hey man, im 900, i climbed to 1000 than lost a bit offocus and elo, but i climbed from stuck 850 too 1000 in few days before, i playd ponziani and your opening (maybe not totally like you ) and i have to say it s kind of magical for me , the week i climbed i had like 49 % winrate on the ponziani ... and between 70 and 75 % winning on your opening, too be true i tryed hard much more to learn all the ponziani tricks but i can t remember all the variation and i feel like i kind of trick myself more with it than i trick oponnents, but on this opening i just play always the same maybe 10 moves in a different order and i have good weapon pointed on weaknesses that can be revealed very fast, and if not i have a good game something to exploit to take advantage or at least be equal after 10-15 moves and play and interesting game, so thanks a lot ! (and it feel unstoppable sometimes way below 1700)

@qfgerg5775 2 ай бұрын

Btw i play C5 even after 1D4, my knight C6 blocking the pawn after and i play my moves starting by e6 letting them play with this pawn on c5 trying to protect this even if i don t care that much, and this is working at my elo

@sayafkhan748 6 ай бұрын

Much love and support bro Banzea! Now em gonna implement this opening along with my main Taimanov from Aman Hamton: the Chessbrah extraordinaire/

@alphainfinityX 7 ай бұрын

Are you planning to cover this opening like Caro kann cause this looks very interesting... Anyways love your content have been watching and learning from you since almost 8 months

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

if you guys really like it...yes!

@Arlet_1337 7 ай бұрын

Do it now.....@@AlexBanzea

@miguelcondino2120 5 ай бұрын

please do it

@kbk239 7 ай бұрын

4:08 Big black CENTER yeah ok I get it

@jastaine 7 ай бұрын

BBC 😂😂clever. The jokes are always A1!

@louiscypher6919 7 ай бұрын

At last, sicilian from Alex. Thank You!!!

@albertoberto4714 7 ай бұрын

That was a quality lesson, I feel like a learnt a lot. I always suspected Alapin players had no friends ;)

@Checky68 7 ай бұрын

Great Video ❤ much luv

@Alexandr_000 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex!

@medamness 2 ай бұрын

Your explanation is the best, keep going ❤

@josephbeckley7529 7 ай бұрын

More videos please like you did for the Caro Kann!

@theodoreroosevelt7471 7 ай бұрын

You’re the guy on the Belenkaya channel! Man that game was awesome !

@MatthewDonovanAU 6 ай бұрын

I find you so wholesome and relaxing ❤️

@soulyahcma 7 ай бұрын

Thank you awesome!!!

@cedripRS 7 ай бұрын

big banzea back on the case

@theyugijoker5856 7 ай бұрын

This time i am done with my Homework so now your Video is Not procrastination, it's a pleasure ❤

@ethan073 7 ай бұрын

Would love to see more games in this opening 😎

@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308 7 ай бұрын

Wow,I was waiting for this,my beloved acc dragon

@DirtRoadFarmer 6 ай бұрын

The dragon, kings Indian and the pirc are all similar in setup. If you play one you should know all because it will make you very strong in that department

@SevenTheJester 7 ай бұрын

Just wait...I can already see it now. I'm playing in a tournament to get my final IM norm, making me the oldest player to ever do so, and when they interview me and ask me about the game, where Hans would say "chess speaks for itself," I'm gonna say "Well, the game really came down to that d5 pawn break (16:23)...which I played, obviously, because Alex Banzea told me to." It's gonna be legend-...wait for it...-dary.

@keith2052 Ай бұрын

love your videos and learn a lot from you. I play the jobava london because of you but would you ever do a video on the best ways to counter that system, i get you cover most counters in your videos and i lose plenty when it gets down to pure chess but is there a really solid counter against it?

@bobbyjohnson4730 7 ай бұрын

Great content

@justaguywhozonesoutalot9328 7 ай бұрын

I've been hoping for a dragon video

@dalemcdowell2684 7 ай бұрын

You look at least nine years old with that sharp haircut.

@save5132 7 ай бұрын

Excuse me, at 18:50, what is the purpose of white’s move Bb3? I am completely missing the point of that move that you are saying to be very standard, can you enlighten me? Thank you!

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

it's to avoid Nxe4-d5 ideas, good question!

@rick2402 7 ай бұрын

Here for the funny chess man

@ewallt 7 ай бұрын

Re Game 2, 8… d5 has been around a long time. There’s a lot of interesting moves there. Besides d5, another interesting, also not often played move, is e6.

@adamblomquist5581 7 ай бұрын

Alex the KZfaq GOAT is back! Would you recommend dragon Sicilian over KID & karo? At my level probably doesn't matter hah anyways, Thank you!

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

Sicilian only works vs 1.e4, it could be alternative if you want something a little more dynamic. So you still need the KID or something else vs 1.d4 & 1.c4/1.Nf3

@flamses1000 7 ай бұрын

Have caro for 1.e4, what do you recommend for 1.d4?

@jamesbrown7991 Ай бұрын

"like seeing a naked girl for the first time" You Alex are the most entertaining on Chess Tuber !

@pieterbouckaert106 3 ай бұрын

Can u pls make a video about the taimanov for black? Really love ur in depth analysis and vibes :)

@HolyGhoster 6 ай бұрын

Please do another video like this! Maybe even a rating climb please! Thank you! 👍

@Ankit-jx7pg 7 ай бұрын

Here we go Alex Banzea to second channnel transfer confirmed

@gregwh2000 2 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, At 42:13 I liked 5.... e6 with the idea of Ne7, and d5. What do you think of that plan? Thanks!

@johnmahugu 5 ай бұрын

BBC that sounds like this is my game from now on :D

@dorseyj.bourrage5841 6 ай бұрын

I’ve broken 1000 elo with Karo and London.. I am ready for this upcoming Vienna and Dragon speed run and/or course for 2024.

@nukanook5099 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AlexBanzea Ай бұрын

thank you! too kind

@sliceserve234 7 ай бұрын

The Dragon is an interesting try for Black, but can we please get more coverage of the London systems?

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

Only on my passes 🙈🤳

@dibyarajacharya4825 7 ай бұрын

@Alexbanzea Which opening you suggest me to climb up ? I'm now at 800+ elo Against E4 caro kann lead me to bad position in endgame, kind a drawish game. Suggest me two or three openings against E4 for black ? And other is for white I think vienna is fine for me, but i can't adjusted to caro kann for black, i watched your every videos of caro, but its not suitable. Suggest me for black and white both to push upto 1500 elo in rapid. Thank you

@truebadix 7 ай бұрын

with an elo of 800 i would suggest as black against e4 the traxler attack and as white you should learn the ponziani. And if you play as black against everything else than e4 -play nimzovic indian.

@aspirant7713 7 ай бұрын

Plz make videos on The Accelerated Dragon.

@chessmate7368 7 ай бұрын

Did the "5 years old" mention a "naked girl" and "how to approach it" to mate"? This truly, the age of wonders! 🤔

@josephsalmonte4995 7 ай бұрын

Hey. A night in with Alex are the *BEST* nights in! Er...you know what I mean 😂

@salemtv5808 4 ай бұрын

did alex make a speedrun in this opening? and is it better than the caro?

@oliverjoshuagray3849 7 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, are you going to publish a dragon course? :D

@Not3xactly 7 ай бұрын

Would love yo see you play Danya as black against the Alapin...hes a pretty big proponent of it.

@swingingsteel 2 ай бұрын

In case he takes the D pawn with the queen, what do you do after that, with the G pawn already to G6?

@dillionaire5798 7 ай бұрын

Anyway you can do a video on how to play 1.d4,b6???

@danwilliams8626 6 ай бұрын

The subtle difference between the accelerated and the hyper accelerated is 2.g6 is the hyper accelerated and 2. Nc6 is the accelerated.

@iceyroo 7 ай бұрын

Do some Italian with white as well!

@michigan53105 7 ай бұрын

Acceleration dragon baby!!!

@roknovak4155 7 ай бұрын

You need to teach the kids the Gurgenidze Variation of the Accelerated Dragon for extra trickiness (and soundness) points! :)

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

What’s that like? I knew the gurgenidze as 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6

@roknovak4155 7 ай бұрын

@@AlexBanzea -- nah that's the Gurgenidze Variation in the Caro (but transposing from a non-Caro move order), in the acc. dragon it's: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 Which is neat, because it creates some quirks and can easily catch off-guard a White player who's just calmly playing their usual and predictable Maroczy setup. At least somewhat addresses the main practical problem of the acc. dragon: that while it is extremely easy to learn for Black, the same is true for White. Whereas the Gurgenidze creates a few extra questions White might not immediately know the answer to.

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

@@roknovak4155 not a huge fan of that because the endgames are not really fun(believe there’s an old Kasparov squeeze that’s still relevant). I only like 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cd 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qb6!? (The uzbeks really push this line and they are the biggest experts) of course…asuming you are fine with a quick draw after 7.Nb3 Qd8 8.Nd4

@roknovak4155 7 ай бұрын

@@AlexBanzea Man plays the (hyper)accelerated dragon, then complains about bad endgames. *shaking my head* 😛 White's pushing a little something in the line you play too though. e.g. Ponkratov-Vakhidov 2021. (I'll stop nerd-spamming now)

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

@@roknovak4155 it is, but at least you don’t need to remember 1000 moves to survive 😂🙈

@smashergrilla954 4 ай бұрын

Can we please have a play list on this opening

@scotchandrew 7 ай бұрын

question, what is the most terrible looking opening that’s really dangerous and nobody sees it until it’s too late. Like a really rare one that would be totally underestimated?

@itzboi3216 7 ай бұрын

the Alekhine defense is the highest winrate opening against E4 by far in the elo ranges of around 1500-2200. Often just brushed of as bad, but if white doesnt know what they are doing they are (evidently) screwed.

@ibrahimtuychiev4532 5 ай бұрын

4:09 🤨

@theekomodojoe 7 ай бұрын

"He is stuck like step bro." 💀

@WaveformV1.0 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@JT-xu1qd 2 ай бұрын

I'ma give him the benefit of the doubt and say he probably always viewed the bishops as male, hence bro's, and realized to late what it did to the metaphor.

@dominicabdulahad248 7 ай бұрын

Need a rating climb on this!

@ewallt 7 ай бұрын

I’ve used the 2.c4 move as a way to go to the Botvinik English set up. It’s an interesting move order, as it leads to a bane Black isn’t expecting.

@jefftaylor1186 7 ай бұрын

I do the same thing. I’ll even do it against 1…c6 doing the “accelerated panov” and then just doing the Botvinnik English system

@ewallt 7 ай бұрын

@@jefftaylor1186 I do it against 1… e5 as well. Do you do that too? Against 1…c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 is interesting, as 3…de 4.Ng5 is tricky.

@jefftaylor1186 7 ай бұрын

@@ewallt well if I see 1…e5, I probably already went 1.c4. I don’t play 1.e4

@ewallt 7 ай бұрын

@@jefftaylor1186 You said you did the same thing when I said I meet 1.e4 c5 with 2.c4, which is what was played in this video, so we’re having a disconnect here. I guess by “same thing” you mean you play the Botvinik system?

@jefftaylor1186 7 ай бұрын

@@ewallt Yeah, I guess lol

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

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@R.Akerman-oz1tf 7 ай бұрын

I guess @ "accuracy" better; that's the extent of My expertise. TYSM 4 the vids.

@aleksanderorowski963 7 ай бұрын

Alex, it's not related but I want you to know you are such a great guy. Your videos are fun to watch and you have superior skill of sharing chess knowledge. Thank you for doing what you are doing. Greetings from Poland my brother! 👏🥇

@dalerabdukarimob555 7 ай бұрын

Need more Sicilian games!!!

@MajorAddiction 7 ай бұрын

Stuck like a step bro?? AYO 26:40

@dhruvsingh1219 7 ай бұрын

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS BRO, FROM INDIA

@zzashkittyzzonna2474 6 ай бұрын

Below 1700 every opening is unstopable

@Krinh0 18 күн бұрын

Can you please make more videos on AD plz? love ur content

@felipebiana73 7 ай бұрын

I just play every opening you recommend

@icerabbit9433 7 ай бұрын

Top 5 openings for blacks versus E4 : 1- Caro-Kann 2- Caro Kann 3- Caro Kann 4- Caro Kann 5- Sicilian Thanks Alex for your great videos, always very interesting and useful !

@aspirant7713 7 ай бұрын

Want more videos on this opening

@Poonbank 7 ай бұрын

What are the differences in accelerated dragon vs regular dragon games? Seems identical to me

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

I explained in the video! Castling long is no longer great for white vs accelerated

@jeanclod8810 6 ай бұрын

4:13 💀

@simondujanga5733 29 күн бұрын

Please more accelerated dragon videos. Please

@JuiceTubes 2 ай бұрын

Why is it called "accelerated" if the position is about delaying a move

@douglasgoulding6860 7 ай бұрын

Please more dragon game play 👍🏽 all your videos are great

@walterbrownstone8017 7 ай бұрын

Open Sicilian? Yikes! Huge theory ahead!

@MrKillshoww 7 ай бұрын

No way bruh said a bbc 🤣

@Squatsheldon 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm 1200 even though I'm chesstarded it allows me to be amazed at people that actually understand this game

@AlexBanzea 7 ай бұрын

That’s a 2000 elo mindset right there

@koalasama 7 ай бұрын

bro i'm playing Carokann i'm not learning a new opening against e4

@Tomfoolery1980 7 ай бұрын

Where's all the D4 openings for black

@ItIsYouAreNotYour 7 ай бұрын

Sounds kind of like you said if you find yourself below 70 hundred. Which is 7000. haha Phew, thought it wasn't going to help.