I played this opening and I defeated my unstoppable classmate thanks for teaching

To balance development when you’re down in development: Trade your opponent’s good pieces with your bad pieces

"A lot of pressure" lol I love how you always say that even when it's only one minor piece doing it.

Currently a 1200 with dreams of being 2000 starting my journey here. Thanks for all the free knowledge 👍

I started playing about a year ago and since I started watching your videos 3 months ago my game started to improve about 3 times faster than before. I have watched a couple of videos from almost ever major chess youtuber and I by far like yours the best. Thanks so much and please keep making vids- you are excellent at it.

I'm amazed by the quality and professionality of your chess tutorials. Thank you very much! Best regards from Germany

13:39 I really like all those knights lined up on the diagonal

Drinking game: when he says 'put a lot of pressure' you take shot!

I LOVE YOUR ENGAGING VOICE! Teaching skills and chess combined My chess teachers a snore

I love the way that bishop lurks behind that knight. You can really catch opponents off guard sometimes and open up an attack with your knight and bishop.

Exellent videos, explained well.Thank you. Looking forward to seeing others.

Thanks. I picked up quite a bit of refresher material. I hadn't studied the Dragon Variation for decades.

After watching many od Your video's I decided to comment. I have no words (in english) to describe how helpful they are with You talking about simple concepts on each side. It is more needed (by players, not beying pros but neither complete amateurs), than simple analyzing a single move. You are wonderful teacher, with nice voice to hear. Amazingly great lessons. Wish You all the best in all next vid's. Already subsribed some time ago and following all the news You upload.

Thank you !!! Much appreciate the many, many excellent videos you have posted. So much easier to learn openings from your videos!

Had my sharpest, most tactical game I’ve ever played yesterday using the dragon Sicilian. Two brilliant moves, 88% accuracy 😌

I always play this variation just because it sounds cool

Guys complaining about very slow or very fast kindly use the speed options on KZfaq

got into chess again lately. must say, youre one of the best on youtube comprehensive, inviting, quick explanations of common moves. liked and subscribed

ive never heard such a great voice to listen at 2x speed! thanks

@DoJok1 I made a small correction in the video and you aren't able to change the video once it's uploaded so I deleted the old one and uploaded a new one.

Thank you so much! My elo is 1800 and I cant really find a good video on yt to learn the sicilian defense and i also cant really understand most of them. But this video saved me and i understood it much easier, keep up the good work!

I really like the idea of going over more specific lines! great job thanks for uploading!

Kevin superb. Men amazing. I always play sicilian dragon. But I don't know all this variations. Thank you for making this video.

I have played the Dragon 45 years and beaten many GM's and IM's with it.I feel the producer did an excellent job of giving the overall strategic concepts for a short clip.If you have any really new work on the Chinese Dragon(R-b8)...that would be kewl to see.Dragon offers great chances for dynamic equality and main ideas are easily grasped in a mall monograph-type book.It is important to have as weapon because White must defend properly before using his slightly better formation 2cash in Thx!

Oh, wow, just what i needed!!! I just got into the dragon recently! Big thanks, man!!!

Thanks for your time in making this very helpful lesson.

13:43 he didn't want to over use "same time"

@horndogman3 i've been waiting a long time to make it ;)

Your tutorials are the best!!!!!! Really helped me in chess

That was very helpful Kevin..thank you!!

Thanks Kevin soo interessting variation even for white! 😀👍♟

I have been playing chess for 7 years but i have already ended my career before 4 years good to remember good old days. Thank you for this amazing video

@chumbucket843 Well this is one of Magnus Carlsen's favorite openings so I am going to disagree with you 100%. Black has tons of sharp lines that he can choose attacking the queen side of white. Not sure what you are basing your reasoning on.

Thank you for such a well done informative video!!! When I play this as black, one problem I have is finding good outposts for my knights once I've castled. I don't know if it's because I am just a mediocre level player right now, or the knights don't have a lot of play in this opening. Could you give me some tips?

thanks ... watched the video after many months again today... nice revelations

Your an amazing teacher. Thank you!

i love all your videos and i'd appreciate if you upload more famous games :)

I've never known the names of moves but I know how to make them.... very interesting and educational. Cheers.

may I ask what is your currect rating? anyway, great video, learnt alot, thanks ! :D

@thechesswebsite Kevin, something important: the main reason for f3 isn't to support the e4 pawn, it's to prevent Black from playing Ng4 where it would harass the White e3 Bishop and hurt White's position. Black can't play Ng4 on the move before this because then White would play Bb5+, which believe it or not wins a piece! But after a6 at most, White wants to play f3 to prevent Ng4.

Love your videos man! :)

If you mean d4 on the first move then no. Only the moves that thechesswebsite shows you can play the sicilian. Although if you do like the sicilian dragon then you might be interested in an opening called the King's Indian Defence. Hope I helped.

Good question. Probably because it isn't really necessary in the opening because the piece is controlling the center at that time and wouldn't be a good idea to loose its spot.

Wow this video is for 11 years ago and still perfect 🔥

very good description. well done.

I like this dragon variation of the Sicilian, but I want to learn more about the key concepts of the Sicilian French variation.

Please make 1 on the accelerated Dragon Variation

Great Video, thanks for posting

awesome video with fab explanation......very helpful

knowledge for free, thank you a lot!! from Morocco

@thechesswebsite Also, Kasparov used this many times. He truly was a master in opening theory. Spent a lot of time analyzing different lines. I prefer the Najdorf because it's safer. I really don't have the skill to defend against the Yugoslav if I encounter a stronger player, but that's not a reason to call it a weak opening. Indeed it is a very strong and interesting one. I agree with you, Kevin. Let the ignorant fool think what he does and be crushed by the Dragon a few times ;)

Hey I'm looking at the levenfish variation and I am wondering what would happen if white plays f5 instead of e5 to ruin the fianchetto pawn formation (the g6 pawn). I can't find any useful moves for this

great video, was very helpful! thank you :)

@thechesswebsite Yea one word I'd never use to describe this opening is 'passive'. The Sicilian passive? Definitely not. The Dragon variation... hell no! Good work again Kevin, was literally (!) about to start looking into this opening in a day or so then I checked my subscriptions! :) Brilliant.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Dude make more videos you are the only one on u tube i can understand

Great explanation

@thechesswebsite Wasn't it Robert Fischer that said to defeat someone playing the dragon was to castle queen side, pawn storm then sacrifice, sacrifice, then mate? From what i remember he did have a very high win percentage against the dragon also?

I've found that white sometimes puts his bishop on G5, attacking the knight. There's no immediate threat but it can come into play when he trades it off for the f6 knight, undermining center control. Aside from that, it's just a thorn in the side and there's no way to dislodge it without messing up the fianchetto pawn structure. Any thoughts?

Your videos are great! :]

you can also do something reminiscent of the sicilian, called the English opening

13:17 Why not Na5, trapping the bishop and guaranteeing an exchange? You mentioned earlier that black would want that white-square bishop.

Very helpful

At 17:15, why is white now moving the knight from d4 to another square? I mean the d4 Knight looks well defended so why not keep developing other pieces?

Sir, in the final board position, why isn't white immediately trading off black square Bishops and posting his Queen at H6? Thank you.

@TheSanguineNight and isn't rook to e8 be a better solution so we can get our dark square bishop to h8 and keep him on that diagonal?

Sir youre a legend i've been watching your vids since third grade. Guess what now im in 12th grade going into college. Your vids honestly feel nostalgic to me

my game has improved with your videos, out post, pressure points, when to exchange kings gambit sicilian defense am looking at others-some times i do a reverse sicilian defense-will watch more videos

I rather like the hyperaccelerated dragon as black - if it goes e.g. in the main line of the dragon shown in this vid, you get exactly the same position but you can make the d5 push one move before white castles - saving one tempo with a lot of problems for white

@chumbucket843 It's meant to be an aggressive opening, if you play passively you will lose. Maybe thats why you're losing when you use it?

Thank you Kevin!!!

If white were to pursue the Levenfish response to the Dragon, would black consider opting to *not* fianchetto at G7 (or at least delay it)? Or is this largely inferior? Is there any theory on how best to respond to an F pawn push?

Very good!

@thechesswebsite i NEVEr really paid attention to the Sicilian Defense , EVER. thaks for the vid. can you make a video of popular openings for black against E4? .. I want to expand my black responses to E4

great video - thanks

Thanks for that. I've faced the Levenfish and it isn't fun. Gotta learn a lot more about it.

Bro you are pretty cool . I appreciate your videos. thanks

thanks, this was super useful

hey for the levon fish variation, isn't it better for white? Black is more on the defensive after f4 right?

Please make one video on how to attack both black and white opponent in queen's Gambit and one video on how to attack white in Sicilian defence. Please

The way he said “nasdorf”

Thank you for this video

amazing video

what would you do if white moves his pawns to f4 and g4 and starts a pawnstorm on the kingside without castling? where would black's counterplay come from?

Excellelant video.Thx

kevin i'am currently playing the stonewall variation but i am very agressive can you give me some options against the d4 opening?

I like to play these because it sounded cool

I love this variation..there're lots and lots of fireworks here😍

what happens if after levenfish, you get an f5 from white? white loses material but black's g pawn will have to move. leaves you open for the rest of the game. is that something to worry about?

Very thanks.

At 14:16, I have always wondered if the exchange sacrifice Rxc3 is a good play or not. If White takes the bishop, then you can take the pawn with check and gain an extra pawn for the exchange before recapturing the bishop, so White will probably take the rook (with the pawn, or else he loses his bishop), weakening the pawn structure. Follow this up with ...Qa5 and ...Rc8, and attack. Often White tries to prevent an exchange sacrifice by connecting his knights--is this a good way to stop it?

Is there a good response for black against f4 white pawn at 21:31. I didn;t see it mentioning in this video, he mentions as it is good and aggressive for white. Pretty much, i was trying to safeguard my black castled king pawns and saving the knight to move away after white's f4, attack on the defensive, and white broke my king side pawn structure, and pretty much caused the loss of my game in a tournament. For only this reason, i am always reluctant to fianchoette my bishop on king side on playing Sicilian lines. Please help.

How should you play the dragon opening on black side if you aren't facing an opposing dragon?

In the kings Indian, does the black E pawn ever move?

Thank you. I learnt it and use it to win games

I love this opening for black. Ill either go for Najdorf or Dragon.

@perryliu08 aside from the fact 'this is a lecture for black ... why would white want to trade off so soon before a sound development?

Thanks. Good video !

45 minutes 44 seconds I can't believe how do you make that much big videos?

what if in the beginning phase, course white moves pawn to E-4, I move pawn to C-5 and than white moves to pawn D-4, I protect my pawn by moving pawn to D-6 ... I get stomped everytime because white will play bishop on the white tile they move it to B-5 checking me before I can make a move against it what is the best move from there