Webinar 18. How to Beat Sicilian Godiva Variation
My Dear Chess Friends!
You know I play 1.e4 as white and many times my opponents decided to surprise me with Sicilian Defense: Godiva Variation.
What is Godiva Variation?
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6!?
Why do people play this line? Of course, it’s not the most solid line of Sicilian, but there is not much theory developed in this position. That’s why they think that while is likely to make a mistake, while black gets a complicated Sicilian position full of tactics. And it’s absolutely true! And very often it works!
For example, GM Momchil Nikolov and IM Zdanko Plenkovic played it against me with the idea to outplay in a complicated position. Of course, they had more experience there. However, I think I could successfully hold the opening advantage.
Anyway, I want to invite you to my 18th webinar: “How to Beat Sicilian Godiva Variation”. On this webinar I’m not only going to share my experience of playing this opening against GM Nikolov and IM Plenkovic, but will provide with the most competitive continuation against this line so that you can learn it and add it to your repertoire!
The webinar starts on Sunday (12th of January) at 10 a.m. (EST), 3 p.m. (GMT), 6 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free.
Please, register for the webinar with this link:
https://tricksofchess.clickmeeting.com/sicilian-godiva/register
Please, don’t forget to register in advance and reserve your spot in case of high number of attendees.
If you attend such webinar for the first time – please, read the information below:
What to expect from the webinar?
I’m going to conduct this webinar as a group and interactive chess lesson. I prepared questions and exercises for you and I want you to suggest the moves, plans and share your ideas on the webinar.
Why group lessons are important?
I’m studying and teaching chess for many years and I’m absolutely sure that the key to success in chess depends on proper training methods. That’s why I have no doubts that a training program for almost any student should consist of:
- Individual lessons (where the coach tries to explain and correct mistakes that the student makes)
- Puzzles solving (can be part of the lesson or a homework)
- Group lessons (where students may learn openings and typical plans that can be applied in certain types of positions. Group lessons also help to analyze common mistakes that many students make. And of course, group lessons increase competition between students and stimulate them to get ahead of each other!)
- Tournament games (why not online games? Because, only tournament games keep you concentrated from the beginning to the very end of the game. This is where you can improve)
See you on the webinar!
FM Victor Neustroev
