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Webinar 123. Play for a Win with Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilian

Webinar 123. Play for a Win with Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilian

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Dear Chess Friends!

I’m sure most of you at least once considered changing the opening repertoire. For example, I’ve been playing French Defense with Black pieces since I was 11. At the age of 32 I decided to switch the opening. I feel better in more open, complicated & sharp positions. That’s why I chose Kan Sicilian and had a success there.

This time I feel I need to extend my opening repertoire for Black to be more flexible and, of course, to take my opponents by surprise. That’s why I learned how to play Paulsen (Taimanov) Sicilian, which is quite similar to Kan Sicilian, but at the same time has its own ideas and lines which sometimes lead to even sharper positions that I usually meet in Kan Sicilian.

I’m talking about this position: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6

I also noticed that Paulsen Sicilian is played more often at GM’s level which only proves the competitiveness of this opening. Nepo, Ivanchuk, Caruana, Giri, Harikrishna and even Anand play this opening successfully. However, Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilian is still understudied opening and contains a lot of room for your own creativity. Most club players are usually unfamiliar with it and has no idea what exactly to play against this opening, and when they deviate, Black gets a chance to overtake the initiative and play for a win. Actually, Black may play for a win from the very beginning in this opening.

I decided to share my expertise with you and demonstrate some of the lines of this complicated opening on my next 123rd webinar “Play for a Win with Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilian”.

The webinar starts on Sunday (1st of May) at 10 a.m. (EDT), 2 p.m. (GMT), 5 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free. 

Please, join for the webinar on my Twitch or YouTube channels:
https://www.twitch.tv/tricks_of_chess
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfk1bxCgvfhNRPtUZs0FWOw
and improve your chess performance!


See you at the webinar!

FM Victor Neustroev

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My name is Victor Neustroev. I'm a FIDE Master with Elo rating 2305.


Experienced chess coach specializing in tactics and openings. An author of educational chess courses on different learning platforms.

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I'm 34. I live in Russia, Novosibirsk. I learned to play chess when I was 5. I regularly won prizes at Novosibirsk region Championship and Siberia Chess Championship among juniors. I'm a champion of Novosibirsk City Chess Club at 2002 and a champion of Novosibirsk at 2019.


I got Master's Degree in Economics at Novosibirsk State University and also played for its chess team.


Today I am focusing on teaching chess online and offline. The reason why I do this is because I feel happy when see how my students achieve success.

 

I teach juniors since 2002. Almost all of my students were ranked. Some of them got prizes at Novosibirsk region Championship.
I also work with adults.

 

I will teach you how to find tactical strikes in certain position types and how to classify them. I can help you to improve you calculational ability. I also teach you chess openings and I believe you know how important they are. According to the statistics right-playing of the opening makes from 30 to 60% of your success (the exact number depends on your level).
Please, check my youtube videos to know how I teach and what you will achieve working with me.