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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Praveshtine

and welcome to today's lecture

now today

I would like to talk about

not such a common setup for white but yet

I think this setup is really not covered

by too many books and the setup is Bishop c 4

d 3 against the accelerated dragon

so we all know that after e 4 c 5 knight of 3

knight c 6

or as I prefer to play hyper accelerated g 6

White can choose not to go for d 4 immediately

one of the ways white can play is bishop d

bishop c 4 bishop g 7

knight c 3 for example knight c 6

and the move d 3 or Castle first followed by d 3

so this is a very slow build up for white

white is not fighting for the center

and the main idea is simply after d three

to play Bishop out Queen d two

and get a very easy game

so let's go back and try to look at it

move by move so e 4 c 5 knight of 3 g six

Bishop c 4 Bishop g 7

and now white plays knight c 3

so with this move

white shows that he's not going for the d 4 move

and why is that that's simple because after knight c 6

he can't play d four because now

you simply take on d 4

and white is gonna be down on the pond

he has to try to play Knight b 5

but even here it's totally okay

and you can try to hold the pawn with queen b 6

and really there is nothing

here that white should like about his position

alright so after night c six

White King Castle or play D3 either either way

black now has a lot of choices

so what are Black's choices

one setup is always to play like the regular dragon

with d 6 and keep in mind the pawn structure

with the d 6 and c 5

the other way to play the setup is to play e 6

followed by N g 7 and perhaps d 5 or even d 6 and a 6

b 5 this should be 7

and this is called the flexible setup

that allows black different types of plants

now the move I wanna talk about is

I think the easiest to learn

and the most simple is the move d 6

now White Castles

and here simple simple night f 6

now be careful don't play Bishop g 4 yet

because now you get into a very known trick

or a trap night g 5 and you lose the g 4 bishop

so this is important to have the knight on f 6 first

and now white has several moves

he can play h 3 preventing bishop g 4

he can play bishop f 4 or bishop g five

or even perhaps quiet looking move a 3 or a 4

so the move I'm gonna focus

to really make a point behind Black's plan

is this move Rook e one

as a matter of fact

I had someone play against this in a recent tournament

and I think

this game illustrates the plan for black quite well

but let me briefly mention what to do after the move

h 3 so h 3 is of course aimed to prevent bishop g 4

now simple castle

and let's say white goes bishop f 4 or even rook e one

good idea to play E5

really E5 is a little bit unpleasant because

it would kind of ruin the pawn structure a little bit

right but really if you think about it

e 5 is not fighting for opening advantage

but here we can play simple move knight to d seven

and notice how we stop e 5

and we open up our dark square bishop

and if white now plays bishop f four

then we simply play A6

getting ready for the Queenside expansion

and again the key plan is the queenside expansion

so you're gonna play B5

if bishop d 5 then you can also play Bishop b 7

and really

trading light square bishops later on favors black

and you also have a possibility to play night a 5

if white doesn't play a 3

but if white plays a 3 b 5

let's say Bishop d 5 Bishop b 7

this is very flexible and easy setup for black

you can play night b 6 drive the bishop back

followed by e 6

and then central play

so this is one way to play

but let's take a look at this move

rook e 1 with a concrete thread

for example what would be the threat is to play E5

of course why doesn't have to play E5

but it's really hard for me here to play for win

if I'm black right

because if I take take take

take all of these exchanges

and I don't have a good jump with my f 6 knight

where c 5 is kind of under attack

if I play 97 simply rook back

and this is just a game I can play six

probably roughly even position

black can try to play b 6

Bishop b 7 no problems

but not so easy to play for me

so the move I recommend

he is preventing e five completely with the move

bishop to g four

so of course instead of castles we play Bishop G4

and now of course E5 is not possible

so white plays H 3 takes queen takes

and now simple castle

so question why would we give up a bishop pair

we didn't even double white pawns

and the key here is we are playing on the dark squares

that's No. 1

and then we're also playing against the light square

bishop

okay the key here is the queenside expansion

but keep those ideas in mind

dark square

and playing against the light square bishop

for now the bishop on c four is quite active

but the problem you're gonna see shortly

is that whites are not stop for pawn structure attacks

for pawn chain attacks

whereas black is ready to go for a 6

b 5 and white really wants to play f 4

f five

but that only would weaken the e 5

d 4 square squares even more

and the rook is placed on e 1

so it's really hard for white to create any progress

so he has to kind of play on the

on the king side and try to open up the position

so here my opponent plays

bishop e 3 he could have played bishop f 4 for example

that doesn't change things but

I simply play the move a 6

now of course

I can play night e 5 Queen e 2 take pawn takes

so I doubled up white pawns

but if you think about it

it's really hard for me to create

pressure on the double pawn

c 4 and c 2 as a matter of fact

having the pawns on e 4 and c 4

allows white to put rook to d 1

with potential e 5 push or even the outpost on d five

so it's really hard to break through for me

that's why I don't wanna go for that bishop instead

I play a 6 a 3 and now I could have played b 5

but there is no rush I play 9 d 7 first queen d one

and here white shows his plan

he wants to play Queen d 2

Bishop h 6 or f 4 with potential f 5

yet I think this is too slow

and now notice my next move I play e six

now is E6 too slow

could I have played D5 right away

that's a good question but I think after bishop d 5

I have to make another move

such as queen c 7 and rook c 8

and remember the strategy here for me

I wanna play against this bishop

so I don't even wanna allow any trade on c 6

so I play e six

and notice that control over d 4 square is key

if white gets to play d 4

right now my d 6 pawn is gonna be weak

so I have three pieces I am the d 4 square

so Queen d 2

b 5 Bishop a 2

and now white wants to play Bishop to h six

and there is no point for me to allow that

and for now I simply play rook to e eight

cause I don't wanna trade my very strong

powerful dark core bishop

so bishop h 6 bishop h 8

bishop g 5

queen c 7 and the way bishop g 5 kind of helps black

because my queen on c 7 is gonna help me to

put pressure on the queen side

and now my opponent realized that

it's hard for white to find any plan

because a 2 bishop is kind of dead

I'm about to play b 4 in the right moment

and furthermore

the knight on c 3 is not participating in the fight

so I already think that white

doesn't have any advantage whatsoever at this moment

but my opponent actually found a very

interesting way to try to open things up

with h 4 h 5

this is a common way to attack the

Fianchetto structures whenever you have h 7

g 6 move such as h 4

h 5 kind of open up the king a little bit

but I'm not worried about that

I play 94 and here my opponent makes a mistake

he plays h five

after which there is a forced way

he's gonna lose a point

and you're gonna see shortly why

but let us try to figure out the best move here

for white so I think

especially knowing what's gonna happen soon

the right move now is to play 91 and this is by the way

thematic way to try to prevent the queenside attack

because white is gonna buffer with the move c 3

knight can go to e 3 and g 4

so this is something I have to worry

but let me ask you a question

what do we play after this move

if we go for B4 then after a takes pawn takes

if queen takes white simply lose after 92 triple fork

not a nice way to play but after c 3 takes

takes knight b 5 we get into this interesting position

I think White's position is actually playable

because of this move d four

and as a matter of fact

the rook can come to e 3 and h 3 and h 5

even though c 3 point is weak

the position is still unclear

now of course black doesn't have to play b 4

instead I have a nice way to try to exploit

rook on e 1 and queen on d 2

and king on g 1 with the smooth knight e five

so it's not easy to defend against knight of 3 check

so if king h 1 I can play c 4

and now it is black who is taking over the initiative

white is way behind

so I think black position is just much better

so the right move after night e 5 is probably rook e 3

and you wanna meet c 4 with c 3

and now things get really interesting

I can play knight b three

and go for this type of position

because d 4 is not possible due to knight c 4

the pawn on b 3 is a little bit weak

I agree

but there is no easy way to get to it if you're white

and black of course

has different plans he can try to play for d 5

opening up the center or perhaps even f 5

a very aggressive aggressive way

so this is playable position

and

another way to play it is simply drop back

with the knight

NF d 4

well we're not afraid of that

we can even draw back with another knight

and try to play against the center

or more aggressive approach is the move knight g 3

there should be one

you have to destroy the powerful knight

and then e five

so notice that after bishop takes

pawn takes if white plays d 5

we have this move knight a 5

and if white takes on d three

then again we can take on d 4 and on e 4

so white has to take with the queen

well

and then we can also pick up the pawn after this move

so this is totally fine

so lets go back

so of course 91 the game continues

but let me actually show you what happened

after the move h 5

which is it

which was played in my actual game

so b 4 x clam this is finally playing out

Bishop on h 8 on the long diagonal

and white has no defense so my opponent plays 91 back

and the key plan is of course takes takes

they see two pawns hanging

no matter what he is in trouble

so anywhere the knight goes

I pick up the c 2 pawn and then everything falls apart

as a matter of fact if I take with the knight

he can pin me so best is to take with the queen

and then d 3 pawn is hanging if if queen takes b 4

and just so many other options

I think this is overwhelming advantage

or rook b 8 if queen takes

so just so many options here

so what is the right move

after night d 1

the easy way to play simply you take the pawn

and now of course

white can take due to the powerful knight

either night f 3

takes bishop takes

and I don't think white would be able to win the bishop

that easily

but even further more we can simply take the pawn

and then pick up the rook

now we win the exchange and there is no c 3

you can't even trap the bishop

so this is overwhelming advantage for black

so that's why my opponent basically

had nothing better to do but to give up the pawn

after c 3 pawn takes night takes and now night b 5

Black is simply up a pawn

white doesn't have sufficient compensation and yet

he's not lost so he can play rook e 2

c 1 and try to hold the position

but

it's very unusual that my opponent actually resigned

this is one of those rare moments where I was like

slightly surprised wow

so this was an easy win for me

if he plays rook e 2 c 1 I have to work for my point

because it's not so easy to break through

and attack the c three point

notice

the queen a 5 runs into trouble after bishop b 6

and I still have to build up my attack with maybe rook

e to B 8

and slow play on the queen side

eventually I'm gonna win

so rook e 2 c 1 still holds the game

and probably

I have to play for another 20 moves to try to win

or more now Knight a 4 by the way

is not helping you much at all

because of the move queen to a five

and then the knight is hanging

and the c 3 pawn is hanging

and just things are not looking looking good

I'm gonna put a lot of pressure

so let's take a look at this move one more time

to see what could have happened

if my opponent simply defends with the rook

so I think black has several ways to play this position

one way as I showed you earlier Rook e to B eight

and then we can even push the a point a 5

a 4 and just to get strong pressure on the queen side

so this is one way another way which is a

not obvious I should say

but I think it's still a good way to play for win

is this move quiet looking move queen to six

and why would you say the point of this quiet move

queen c 6 the problem is

black wants to play against the a 2 bishop

so I wanna play d 5 so if knight c 4 I play d 5

and I'm not afraid of knight a 5 jumps

because I can simply play queen d six

so this is another way to play this position

which is more sharp

I should say NF y takes takes knight e 3

perhaps knight b 6

and we're putting more and more pressure

on White's position

so

but a pawn is a pawn and eventually black should win

so let me go over the key points of the d 3

bishop c four

Sicilian White Norse wants to play very quietly

he plays Bishop C 4 d three

and then he's wants to build up on the king side

this allows you to play for bishop g 4

if he doesn't play h 3 and control the dark squares

once you trade the bishop on f 3

and notice that this is a very similar pattern

as in the actual closed Sicilian

where bishop is on g two

we wanna get rid of the defender of D4 square

night on F3 then we play night D7

take control of the long diagonal

and then we expand on the queen side

and hopefully we're gonna be first

why try to play on the queen side with H4H5

but it got nowhere

because I was just creating threats way too fast

you should have played 91

and then the game could have continued

very interesting I should say

but I hope you Learned the

how to play against this bishop

c 4

d 3 Sicilians

and good luck to you and I'll talk to you later

bye bye