Chess: Learn to Play the Sicilian Defense
What you'll learn
- Play the Sicilian Defense chess opening
- Defend against the Sicilian Defense chess opening
- Play many variations of the Sicilian Defense chess opening
- Analyze many different chess positions
- Defeat strong chess players in the opening
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of chess
- How to move the chess pieces
Description
THE SICILIAN DEFENSE has long been one of the most popular chess openings played at all levels. And for good reason, it's a very fun opening to play while also being extremely effective.
In this course, you will learn how to play the Sicilian Defense with both the black and white pieces, including:
1. Must know tactics
2. Must know positions
3. Key defensive moves to avoid checkmate
4. Key attacking patterns to crush your opponent's king
5. The Yugoslav Attack
6. The Keres Attack
7. The English Attack
8. The Adams Attack
9. The Closed Sicilian
10. The Dragon
11. The Najdorf
12. The Scheveningen
13. Much more
Understanding the opening phase of the game of chess is fundamental to becoming a strong player and will help you tremendously in blitz chess as the first several moves of the game can gain you a huge advantage and need to be made quickly in order to save time on the clock.
Once you finish this course and apply what you learn, you will be a relative expert at the Sicilian Defense and easily defeat most players that will not be as familiar with its many variations and intricacies. of this very effective opening.
LEARN TO PLAY THE SICILIAN DEFENSE, and drastically improve your overall chess performance!
Who this course is for:
- Chess lovers of all stripes
- Serious chess players looking to improve
Instructor
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My courses are designed based on my many years as a teacher and student of education and business. I hold a master's degree in business education and have been designing curricula, teaching, and doing corporate training for almost 15 years.
The business, language, and chess courses that I have built on Udemy are a reflection of this experience and dedication to education. My goal is to reach as many people as possible with my courses, which is why I have chosen the internet and the Udemy platform as my ideal mode of delivery.
The following is a little more about my expertise and background. I was born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho. I attended the University of Idaho where I earned a bachelor's degree in Business Management and Human Resources in 2004. After a few years in the work force as an account manager I moved to Vietnam where I lived for 9 years.
After arriving in Vietnam I and a small group of motivated individuals launched and ran a sports training company called Saigon Sports Academy. We coached sports such as soccer, chess, tennis, and basketball as well as ran large sporting events such as tournaments and leagues. After 5 years of building the business, I led the successful sale of the company to a local conglomorate (XLE Vietnam, owner of the Saigon Heat pro basketball franchise).
I have been fluent in the Vietnamese language for many years and enjoy teaching the language to other expats and non-native speakers. In addition, I have spent many years training with chess grandmasters in Vietnam and hope that my courses will help aspiring business people, Vietnamese language speakers, and chess players reach their goals.