are people scared to play the open sicilian?
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May 16, 2023
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Sea_TurtIe wrote:
over my experiance on chess.com and lichess, it seems to me that people are scared and will avoid the open sicilian at all costs, even going as far as giving black an equal/better position just so they dont have to play in it.
they blame theory for their avoidance of the opening but do you really think people know all the theory in the sicilian? no ofc not
and whats even better is that the open sicilian gives very fun, pleasurable positions to those who play it and give fun games, but if they give you a bunch of fun games, why avoid it in the first place?
well, i think people are scared to play the open because influencers like Gothamchess scare people out of it and actively encourage people to try play sideliness that may throw off your opponent, regardless of it giving equality or worse....
A position that is fun and pleasurable to you may not be fun and pleasurable to another.
I just started learning the Sicilian Defense and don't really know much about the opening.
May 17, 2023
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#5
where im at people are trying to avoid theory as much as possible to the point where they give themselves worse positons
May 17, 2023
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#6
like ive had games that go 2.f4, regardless of it being better for black
people are also shocked when i know what im doing in the closed sicilian and black and im not just collapsing
I would say its propably becouse of the number of lines and really positional moves that u need to understand to play it well.
May 17, 2023
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#8
you need to know 7 moves of theory, and some traps at most.
other than that you just need to know the plans
Well I am trying to learn the Grand Prix in the closed Sicilian as a d4 player trying to switch to d4. There already enough theory associated with 1.e4, no need to give the opponent chances to complicate things even more with for example the najdorf
May 17, 2023
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#12
Sea_TurtIe wrote:
(talks open chess position and stuff)
Are you afraid to play 1.e4 e5 as black,or is it too dense in theory for you?
May 17, 2023
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#13
nonono i love e4 e5 as black but this variation is so common, boring, and just sickening
May 17, 2023
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#14
Turtle---
I play the Agent Smith- Agent Morra exclusively vs the Spaghetti Defense, I think that qualifies as an open-spaghetti and its my best scoring opening. You can always play the Philidor, the Petroff, or the Latvian weirdness if you don't want to play Nc6.
I use the Open Sicilian. I used to be a little victim of gatekeeping since GothamChess projected an image that “Theory = bad, sideline = good”, I used to play the Closed Sicilian and thought of the Open Sicilian as a losing line unless you’re a grandmaster. I soon realized I was completely wrong. I forgot why these lines have so much theory in the first place- they’re the best lines! I went as far as to play d3 in the French- the KIA- so my opponents wouldn’t know how to play well- which is just a terrible way to play chess. I forgot basic opening principles. After this significant downfall, I realized that my opening knowledge was worsening. I went back to playing d4 in the French, and challenged myself to learn very advanced openings. I learned the Ruy Lopez and the Najdorf. Honestly, they were easy to learn. I don’t know every single sideline, but I know a good deal about these openings (I would highly recommend the videos from Hanging Pawns, a great chess YouTuber that I find much better than GothamChess. He literally covered all (good) lines for white in the Najdorf after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 with 6. Be3, 6. Bg5, 6. Be2, 6. f3, 6. Bc4, 6. h3, 6. g3, and 6. Rg1 in 2 videos with relative ease. It was a pleasure to listen to). After this, I decided to play the Open Sicilian against d6, the Rossolimo against Nc6, and the Divert Alapin against e6. Against the Najdorf, I play the mainline, against the Scheveningen, I play the English Attack (I might learn the Keres Attack sometime soon), and against the Classical, I play the Richter-Rauzer. I found an opening repertoire that can give great, fun games that are worth the effort to learn. People are terrified out of their minds to play the Open Sicilian because gatekeepers project theory like the plot of a horror movie- so I wouldn’t really count on spending too much time on the Open Sicilian.
over my experiance on chess.com and lichess, it seems to me that people are scared and will avoid the open sicilian at all costs, even going as far as giving black an equal/better position just so they dont have to play in it.
they blame theory for their avoidance of the opening but do you really think people know all the theory in the sicilian? no ofc not
and whats even better is that the open sicilian gives very fun, pleasurable positions to those who play it and give fun games, but if they give you a bunch of fun games, why avoid it in the first place?
well, i think people are scared to play the open because influencers like Gothamchess scare people out of it and actively encourage people to try play sideliness that may throw off your opponent, regardless of it giving equality or worse....