Learn the Sicilian defense
Gleb: Hi! In our days semi-open openings are very popular. White begins his game with e2 - e4, and black can choose between moves of Nf6, Alekhin defense, or e6, French defense, or d5 Scandinavian defense, except we move e5. But today we are going to see Sicilian defense, and it begins with move c7 - c5.
Igor: White goes, Nf3.
Gleb: Black develops his knight.
Igor: White take the center.
Gleb: Now, black exchanges pawns.
Igor: White exchanges pawn.
Gleb: In this situation black decides to put his bishop on the big diagonal.
Igor: Why black cannot take this knight?
Gleb: When black takes knight, white can take it back and the queen is very strong in the center. Open this diagonal.
Igor: I want to defend my knight with bishop.
Gleb: Bishop goes to g7.
Igor: White makes favorite move for the bishop, Bc4.
Gleb: Now black develops another knight and wants to capture this pawn.
Igor: White defends his pawn, Nc3.
Gleb: Black wants to protect his king and put him in the king side.
Igor: White wants to protect this bishop and puts bishop in the safe place, in b3.
Gleb: Yeah, he put bishop on the safe place, but black wants to change his knight by its bishop.
Igor: But this move is not good, knight goes to the side file.
Gleb: -- side file of the board.
Igor: -- of the board, and white goes to center.
Gleb: Okay. Now the knight has to escape. If the knight goes to h5, white can win it easily.
Igor: d2 - d4.
Gleb: In our game, knight goes to e8.
Igor: It's an idea for forfeiture. Bishop takes this pawn, check!
Gleb: This is very beautiful sacrifice. If black takes with bishop by rook --
Igor: White goes, Ne6.
Gleb: The queen has no place to escape and if black takes another piece, he has lost the queen and lost the game. Black choose to take this bishop with his king.
Igor: But white goes to put as risk.
Gleb: Black takes another piece.
Igor: White goes and make check.
Gleb: King has to escape.
And once the King starts to travel, it is the beginning of the end...
Igor: I go, this pawn, check! Rook, check! Rook goes to center, check!
Gleb: Another check.
Igor: Check! The queen makes check.
Gleb: Take the pawn.
Igor: Check mate!!
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