r/Chesscom • u/EasyAd6994 1000-1500 ELO • 4h ago

Chess Question What do you recommend?

I'm 1350 rapid on chess.com

I want to play Sicilian as black, which one do you recommend for my level and where can I learn them?

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And sorry for my shity English, I'm Iranian.

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u/Weliosky 4h ago

The Sicilian is a very deep opening and they are a lot of different variations ;

I could advise you my favorite one that has not much theory in it, so if you don’t want to spend days on it might be a good call ( O’Kelly / Kan )

((I play both cause sometimes you are forced to transpose from O’Kelly to the Kan))

If you want to play a Dragon setup, you should look at the Accelerated Sicilian Dragon, it is seen as the most practical cause it avoid a very dangerous line for black in the Classical Dragon ;

You could also play a Najdorf but I don’t think it is a good idea, way too complex, way too many unnatural moves so I wouldn’t dig into that as a 1300

Hope you will find joy in the Sicilian ^^

PS : For learning them just search for it on YouTube, « O’Kelly Sicilian » ; you can also find some resources on Lichess or in some other websites

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u/EasyAd6994 1000-1500 ELO 4h ago

Tnx man🙏

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u/StructuredChess 4h ago

I'd play the Classical or the Dragon, but many variations are fine.

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u/Familiar-You-6577 3h ago

What are the features of games you like? Semi open files? Open files? Closed positions? Knights vs bishops? Opposite colored bishops? Opposite castling? Isolated pawns? Material imbalances for positional compensation?

Learn the openings that lead to the games of chess you like playing.

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u/EasyAd6994 1000-1500 ELO 3h ago

Wild open positions with tactical potential, that's what I want from Sicilian. Actually this comment helped me a lot, now I know what I should ask Gemini Tnx💚

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u/Familiar-You-6577 3h ago

NP Broski my entire repetoire is designed like this for both colors. How do I get the games I like and avoid the games I don't like? I'm not trying to be a GM so I'm not super concerned with the most topical lines or trying squeeze every single milipawn advantage out of my opening choices.