In the 2018 World Championship Match, the Rossolimo was Fabiano Caruana's primary weapon against Magnus Carlsen's Sicilian.
However, after a few games, Caruana abandoned the Rossolimo and immediately switched to the mainline with 3.d4.
Turns out Carlsen had found improvements that made Black's life easier in this opening.
When our Grandmasters dived deep into the line Carlsen played, it became clear to them why Caruana had switched...
In this course, you'll learn the lines which Carlsen had in store against the Rossolimo.
Below are some positions from the course:
After you grasp the content here, you'll also be ready to give your opponents a 'nightmare in Rossolimo'.
What you'll learn
- A full opening repertoire for Black to fight the Sicilian Rossolimo (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
- The ideas and strategies for both sides in the opening.
- The old theory where White could cause problems for Black.
- Carlsen’s simple and strong improvement in this line that gives Black an easy game.
- How to counter White's sidelines in the Rossolimo?
- Model games to help you understand this line better and more.
Lesson Plan 65 episode(s)
Course overview
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3m 1s
1. Pluses and minuses of 4.Bc6 move
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2m 3s
2. White plans, why 6.h3 is a strongest move
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8m 15s
3. Black's plans, 7.Be3
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4m 30s
4. History of theory, Shirov's Bg3! move
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4m 33s
5. Genius Carlsen
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5m 10s
6. The 1st difference of having a pawn on b6!
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3m 29s
7. The 2nd important difference!
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4m 18s
8. 14.Be3 - No worries )
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2m 17s
9. Caruana-Carlsen 2018
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4m 0s
10. Conclusion
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5m 34s
1. Introduction to 5.c3
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33s
2. The agressive 6.d4!
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9m 38s
3. 6.e5
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1m 25s
4. 3 Options
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4m 23s
5. 6.Re1 - The Main Move
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3m 8s
6. Ideas of Black and the trick with Qb6
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2m 41s
7. A very uncommon pawn structure
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3m 38s
8. The strong knight on e4 and our ideas
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4m 59s
9. A cool piece sacrifice
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2m 54s
10. Conclusion of Re1 with d4
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11. Idea of Re1 with h3
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47s
12. 7...e5!
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13. 8.Bc6 - White accepts the pawn sacrifice
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2m 37s
14. 8.d4
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2m 13s
15. 8.d3
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1m 39s
16. 6.Qe2 - We sacrifice a pawn
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2m 19s
17. The 1st Option
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2m 40s
18. The 2nd Option
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2m 57s
19. 6.Qa4
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2m 39s
20. The 1st option - Nice exchange sacrifice
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3m 38s
21. The 2nd Option - Crazy position
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1m 53s
22. Early c3
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1m 15s
23. Review of 5.c3
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4m 26s
1. Introduction
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2m 2s
2. 6.d4
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1m 32s
3. 6.d3
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1m 30s
4. The difference, when white takes Bc6 first
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2m 30s
5. 6.e5 Pawn Sacrifice
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1m 44s
6. Тhe idea of pawn sacrifice
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1m 57s
7. We sacrifice the pawn back
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2m 6s
8. Be6 first!
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3m 34s
9. We always have c4 idea!
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10. Witik - Avetik_ChessMood
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5m 16s
11. Review of 5.Nc3
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1m 58s
1. Introduction
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2. We don't want to be tricked
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2m 37s
3. The downside of early castle
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2m 52s
4. Ma3eledonia - Avetik_ChessMood
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10m 28s
5. Why he should play h3?
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2m 15s
6. Our other good options
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2m 44s
7. The pawn sacrifice
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1m 55s
8. Our plan
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2m 2s
9. Conclusion
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1m 45s
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Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.