I have watched several 1 hour long videos on the Sicilian and none of them even mention the basic idea that it is about giving up a flank pawn for a center pawn. I learned more in 12 minutes than in probably 7 hours of other presentations. Thanks.

@ani-planet3747

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Meeks EXACTLY

@thecraziesttexts

3 жыл бұрын

@@ani-planet3747 IKR literally, i might have not learned no theory, but this has really been so much more valuable than any other sicilian video

@charlespg3d190

Жыл бұрын

If you are watching 1 hour long videos on the Sicilian the person would assume that you’d understand something this simple, because most videos that long contain loads of theory that only experienced players would learn.

@theotheral6

Жыл бұрын

Vm

@lewisjones284

7 ай бұрын

My advice to anyone who has the same sentiment: don't learn the Sicilian for now. If you didn't pick up on this concept in the first place, you most likely don't have the experience necessary to benefit from learning all the complicated Sicilian lines.

As a beginner, these videos have been incredibly helpful for me. I still suck, but now I know why. Thanks Dereque!

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, thank you!! :)

Dereque, this video is really fantastic. I learned more here than I have ever learned. Comparing the Sicilian to the Scotch game was really really helpful, because in every case the issues involved are so subtle and long-term, it is hard to really grasp what the issues are even if you're following along. You might want to consider doing more videos focusing on that--the Ruy Lopez vs. the Scotch Game, Scotch Game vs. Sicilian, etc. It really provides insight.

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

greg55666 Sweet!! I remember being excited about this way of discussing the opening. Thank you for the suggestions :)

@MrSupernova111

7 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it too! Please make more videos with quick comparisons of similar concepts. Thank you!

This is honestly one of the best descriptions of the Sicilian I've ever seen. It doesn't just throw a whole bunch of variations at you like most videos here on You Tube making it perfect for beginners!

This video was fantastic! Dereque has explained the concepts very clearly, and in great detail. I was engrossed throughout. Thank you.

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

***** Cool! :)

awesome! it's rare to find such an extensive explanation for the REASON to play certain openings, and its drawbacks. Thanks a lot!

you didnt really teach me much about how to play this opening well. just how black falls behind in development

@markanthonypar-wise1499

8 жыл бұрын

yup I agree

@uanto

8 жыл бұрын

I think the title of the video is wrong.

@bashirabdel-fattah9499

8 жыл бұрын

If you want to learn how to play the Sicilian, Tony Rotella (the author of "The Killer Sicilian") has about 7.5 hours of content covering the theory on his channel.

i dont know much about chess but this dudes passion is infectious. love it.

You are so good at explaining stuff. I finally got into playing the game after over 3 decades away. And I'm familiar with the names or the openings and some of the basic movements. But you're so good at explaining the reasoning behind choices.

I just love Dereque's videos. They are so clear, well done, and informative. Thank you, Sir.

@KebuChess

8 жыл бұрын

+Ahmed Roberts Thank you thank you!

Your enthusiasm is uplifting! very informative and well-illustrated video as well, I learned a lot, thanks.

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thank you for the kind words :)

Man! This is the best channel about chess I've found on KZread. Everything was explained so nicely...

@pardeep kumar: Thank you for the suggestions!

This is easily one of the top 3 instructive chess channels that i have come across. It is very lucid and thorough in it's analysis and it is well produced.

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!! I so much appreciate this! :)

The best video I've seen regarding chess lessons. Timing, sidelines, conclusions... everything. Understood in depth allowing me to apply new concepts in to my game. Loved it. Edit: Upon watching a second time I realized that coordenates on the board while explaining would be very helpfull. I understand that is not issue for more advanced players but it is hard for me to keep up with the explanation without pausing xD.

Thanks for the brilliant explanation; i have watches quite a few games with the sicilian defense but never new exactly what it was about, for me this lecture has stripped away the mystery and got right down to the bare bones of it. Many thanks.

Thank you for the suggestion and kind words! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos

The best channel on You túbera about chess openings! Congratulations!

Here after 8 years of this video being posted, and I'm glad I found it, no doubt more people will following Queens gambit being released

this is one of the best channel on youtube! this helped me to defeat my opponentes thanks again. i watch this vedio 1 hour a day. i like your confidence of speaking.

Your videos have made me a SIGNIFICANTLY better chess player. Thanks so much for your clear explanations, and your fantastic videos!

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Nice!! You're welcome :-)

Long, long ago, I used to be an A rated player - I NEVER had the clarity that your explanations are giving me now. I'm loving your videos.

Thank you for the suggestion and the kind words. Glad you are enjoying the videos!

Thank you, your oversights of this development were very useful and entertaining.

These are the best opening videos I've seen on KZread, thanks for making these.

Thank you for the suggestions! Glad you are enjoying the videos

I stumbled upon these great videos after looking on KZread for clear chess strategy so what a pleasant suprise! Very clear and concise points. Has improved my chess already. Thankyou!

@Arthur Zalas: Thank you for the kind words! Really glad to hear this video will be helpful to you in the coming struggle! -Dereque

Just saw this site today, and wow, great videos and really educational. Thanks so much for your high quality work!

You are awesome. Very informed, articulate and engaging - Keep doing what you're doing man.

Glad to hear and thank you for the suggestion!

Thank you very much for the encouraging words! I'm glad you're findng the videos helpful :-) -Dereque

By the way, I only had time for the first half of this last time. I'm glad I came to watch the second half because here you unfold the bigger picture of the opening. More than that, you show how it is logistic operation of time, space, and development which runs in and out of overlaps and parallels with other openings, and is an evolving entity with its own character. I got a picture of how openings blend into middlegames, like a window through time, esp. what you said from 10:45 to 11:51.

This chap is the best chess presenter. So clear.

You're really good at explaining these complicated ideas in a way that is understandable and it seems I can take away key implications and premises

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I appreciate these kind and encouraging words and welcome to the channel!! :)

Love the clear explanations of concepts. Thank you.

@krishnaprem2847

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is so great to hear!! - Swami Krishna Prem, formerly known as Dereque Kelley

Thanks for the kind remarks and suggestion !

very well explained.....you have a nice voice too. great going. hope to see more.... thanks dereque

You've got a bright success on KZread! Great videos!!

Thanks for your excellent videos! I'm getting back into chess after a long layoff; your videos are perfectly based and woffle-free - a great way to begin an exploration of unfamiliar openings!

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to the game, and thank you for the kind words!

@boopathisairaju6173

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Adams hu

I love your enthusiasm for the game, thanks for making these informative and exciting vids.

@krishnaprem2847

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words, I truly appreciate it! ~ Swami Krishna Prem, formerly known as Dereque Kelley

@ThisSentenceIsFalse: Great! Glad you found the video helpful -Dereque

Wow, thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying and learning from the videos so much -Dereque

Thank you for the encouraging words!

Amazing videos. Clear language. Broken down very nicely. Thank you so very much.

Fantastic video. Thank you, Dereque!

Glad you're enjoying the videos, thank you!

Amazing instructional video. I recently just started playing chess and already learned much from you. Thanks for the video.

Good question! Though 4...Nxd4 5.Qxd4 is possible, Black's better strategies both have to do with trying to get -White- to initiate this exchange or retreat the knight. In the 4...Bc5 variation discussed in the video (shown in the video), Black is able to force White to make some concessions on account of the knight's vulnerability. Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos!

Great video, thank you for sharing!

These videos are awesome. Thanks

Awesome video! Your channel is exactly what I have been looking for :)

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Dane Calderon Great! :)

This is bloody fascinating!

this is very well done! thank you for the information playing now since almost a decade an I think I'll open with this :)

Glad you enjoy the video! Who knows? Jrobi also seems to know quite a bit!

Amazing Stuff Dereque! Bravo!!! If you could you do one on on the Sicilian - accelerated dragon, that would be superb. Thanks a ton for the very helpful and educative vidoes

Your videos are helping me a lot there very informative and constructed in a clear and concise manner please keep making more of them so i can keep increasing my knowledge.

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Matthew Stokes :) Thank you!

great videos, keep 'em coming!

thank you for the suggestion!

good instruction and briefly explained, learn so much already, love to subscribe your channel...

Thanks, I like both of these suggestions!

@jdhrtl: Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!

Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you!

Ah thank your for summarizing this openng. Now I understood that when Im playing black and choose the Sicilian defence its bascially an advantage in the longterm if white can be kept from breaking through (and ofcourse the probably occuring own flaws are not decisive enough).

Great stuff man thumbs up. Please make a vid on Philidor defence.

Very informative and enlightining . Love you man

@krishnaprem2847

3 жыл бұрын

Much love to you also, thank you for this!! :)

Wow. That was an amazing explanation. Helped me understand the reasoning behind the moves.

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Karthik Iyengar Great to hear!

Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos!

Noted the suggestion, thank you!

thank you for the suggestion

@DamirAndIrina: Thank you!

I'm glad you found the video helpful, thank you!

Thank you for your clear explanation.

Fantastic video. Thank you

This is a critical line as well, which tends to lead to a series of differing ramifications. White often still plays 3.d4 (though 3.Bb5 is quite popular in this case as well). Basically - 2...Nc6 is quite possible and also quite popular!

@TemplumAtrum: Thanks you for the kind words! Suggestions noted! :-)

Glad you found the video helpful! -Dereque

"tempo" means move or time. In the Open Sicilian Black loses a tempo due to the exchange on d4. After White plays Nxd4, it's as if White was given a free move to centralize his knight, for example.

Been watching a lot of chess videos on you-tube lately and Dereque's explanations are great for players like me. It is really important to know WHY they make these moves in the openings. I hope you make a lot more of these videos in future, but if you can, please put the co-ordinates of the squares on the board graphic. Dereque will sometime mention possible moves with co-ordinates and the grey board doesn't have the letters written on it so I need to open up another program. Anyway, keep up the good work, and along with "Kevin from the chess website" you are really helping my game!

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Chris Ziffo I'm very happy to hear you're enjoying the videos. Thank you for all of your words! I appreciate the feedback as well. :) :)

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@NewVahan2011: Hadn’t considered the Smith-Morra! This is a great suggestion. Noted :-)

Excellent video! Helped me a lot :) I want you to make a video on Sicilian dragon - it's my favourite variation of Sicilian!

Scandianvian sounds like a good suggestion! I've taken note. And thank you for the encouraging words :-) -Dereque

Fabulous video and great teaching. Thank you so much!

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thank you!! :)

superb explanations! cheers.

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!

I have to say that Dereque's videos are not balls deep, but they are deep enough to understand the majority of the tactics. I especially do like that he tries to tell us the ideas behind every significant move.

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!! :)

Absolutely great video man, thank you so much!

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I truly appreciate the kind remarks!! Thank you!! :)

I love these videos

I believe our video on the Najdorf Sicilian addresses this question - try checking it out!

Definitely helped to improve my understanding of the Sicilian.

It's even nice to see you smiling and speaking

After the C5 pawn opening, I find Bishop to C4 the most natural move but never see it. wonder if that’s considered a bad move and why.

Great Instruction Video! Thank you for Sharing!

Amazing video!!!

Check out the damn picture quality of this 2010 video! Holy crap! I don't even have this good quality in 2019! Also, I like the way he explains in terms of WHY the position is valuable for both black and white and what strategies they imply.

@KebuChess

5 жыл бұрын

:) Thank you for the kind words!

Best videos on here!

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying them!! :)

Great video :D time to try some new opening's i have learned.

@Timothy Nixon: a) Thank you! b) I appreciate the suggestion - perhaps one day! No, it is not terribly popular. c) I am mainly interested in building applications and software.

Glad you enjoyed the video!

This truely is all you need to know about the position. It's a speed based position for white. A central pawn has been 'gambited away' in exchange for a flank one. White's desperation to keep moving forward makes his moves both predictable, and hard to counter. This is why you can get such fantastical positions. White cannot play positional moves. White aims to deploy all pieces without moving another pawn. Black creates a huge positional imbalance by entering into the najdorf. Yes, black goes down in piece development, however black suddenly gains a lead in 'position/pawn structure'. Also, it enables black to reply to a queenside castling with B7-B5, which is probably the reason the najdorf is so good. Queenside castling counts as a two-fer in terms of piece deployment, if you can pull it off.

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Excellent!