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This weekend's Live Session sees IM Rensch face off against a fellow titled player in the Live Chess Arena for a wild battle in the Grand Prix Attack Sicilian. Shortly after over-pressing a small advantage in the middlegame, by playing the unnecessarily risky 20...Nxd3, Danny is forced to "roll the dice" with a Queen Sacrifice in the hopes of taking advantage of his opponent's weak king under time pressure... | Watch video
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With good reason, most players who aren't, well, chess professionals, would prefer to avoid the many complicated variations of the Open Sicilian. So what are your options? As GM Kaidanov explains, you have one major weapon in addition to the Closed Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (GM Dzindzichashvili's recommendation). Today he describes the important features of the Alapin Sicilian, and then reviews the 4.g3 varation of the 2..Nf6 line. | Watch video
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Today we learn the element of surprise! GM Melik Khachiyan reviews his own game with New Mexico's top play, Lior Lapid, and in doing so, he highlights the importance of knowing what your opponent wants to achieve, anticipating this, and then surprising him with an "unexpected approach" (0-0-0!). We also learn details of how to play against the Closed Sicilian - Grand Prix Attack. | Watch video
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FIDE Master Charles Galofre brings us an in-depth look at playing the Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian. In particular, he provides excellent "follow up material" to Dzindzichashvili's incredible videos on the subject. He describes how to play against black's doubled c-pawns: Surrounding the pawns positionally; creating king-side attacking chances; using critical squares while keeping the position closed for the knights -- are all just some of the techniques you will learn from this video! | Watch video
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GM Khachiyan covers the Bc4 line (the previous lecture covered Bb5) of the Grand Prix with analysis of a game from his own tournament practice. He also gives his recommendation for black, while showing key ideas and critical positions. | Watch video