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In this series, we’re offering you a compilation of the best Sicilian Defense instructional video material from ICC’s top team of expert coaches and chess commentators. Here we’ll cover must-know variations such as the Sveshnikov, the Najdorf, the Smith-Morra, and many more!

The Scotch's Revival: GM Sina Movahed's Fresh Take on a Classical Opening. The Scotch Opening has long occupied a peculiar place in chess theory — respected but rarely trusted at the highest level. For decades, players have dismissed it as too straightforward, leading to simplified positions where Black can comfortably equalize. Yet history shows us that openings never truly die; they merely await someone with the vision to breathe new life into them. GM Sina Movahed, at just 15 years old with a rating of 2596, brings precisely this fresh perspective to his debut Modern Chess course, The Ambitious Scotch Game – Top-Level Repertoire for White.

You've tried the slow, positional grind of the Slav and the Queen's Gambit Declined, but White is not intimidated. And the Indian games are just not doing the trick either. But what can you play to score the full point against 1.d4? You need a bold, aggressive response that shakes White up from the outset. And not just some one-shot pet system - you need a solid repertoire that will last you a lifetime.

You Only Need 5 Universal Moves To Get Your Game On Against 1.d4, 1.c4, and 1.Nf3. Let White worry whether to play the Queen’s Gambit, English, Reti, or something in between. Because in 5 moves, you’re all but guaranteed a firm grip on your center… a castled king protected by active pieces… and plenty of ways to out-strategize the first player. No matter the move order.

Tired of playing at the mercy of the 3 move-ordering menaces? Take Back Control With This Dynamic And Move-Order-Resistant Repertoire. Beware of the 3 move-ordering menaces! With the possible transpositions between 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3, even the most natural moves can lead to “out of this world” positions which make no sense…

Ambitious, Sound, and Underplayed - the Tarrasch Defense. Modern opening theory has left us with few undiscovered gems. Those that do not get much attention usually have the reputation as being dubious.

Crack Open The Caro-Kann With This Hard-Hitting Repertoire For White. If you'd love to hammer Black with mule kicks before they get their usual steady game, then you'd be delighted with what International Master Sam Collins has to share.

Test Your Tactics and Creativity with a Fascinating Trip through Chess History. Over the course of his career, GM Jan Timman went toe to toe with the best players in history - even playing a match for the FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov. This course features his deeply personal experiences competing against the very greatest chess players.

This Sudden Pawn Strike Turns White’s Star Piece Into Your Biggest Target! See that pesky d4-knight in the Open Sicilian? The one grabbing control of your squares, setting up dangerous sacrifices, and eyeing a kingside attack as early as move 4? It’s White’s pride and joy. But it’s also your reddest, hottest opportunity. With the Sicilian Surprise: Neo-Boleslavsky Variation, you’ll turn the tables on that knight and strike first!

Renowned Coach IM Mika Karttunen reveals… Ever heard of the word “novelty” before? Grandmasters love them, and you know why? Because every novelty packs a punch of surprise! If you can surprise your opponent, you have got him out of his preparation already. Every move he makes next is like a step into dark, unknown territory—while you still know what you are doing…

GM Miloje Ratkovic is here, with his brand-new course, Deep Calculation for 1400-2000. A 5-hour video training that teaches you EVERYTHING about calculation, from the comparison of lines to the elimination process, and much more.

Advantage Achieved! Play Astaneh’s Adaptive London System. Drop the autopilot! It sells your first-move advantage too short. Try this London System instead — built by a 3-time Irish champ to fight for an edge in every game. It adjusts to Black’s setup, asks tough questions, and forces errors. All while narrowing your prep down to 106 essential lines.

Provoke and Punish! The Venomous Four Knights Sicilian lures the opponent to your side of the board. So you can punish their overextension — unleash your pieces with tempo — and use all that momentum to attack the enemy king!

Develop Grandmaster Judgement and Decision-Making Skills. There are two things you need to truly become successful at chess, calculation and feeling. While calculation training is pretty straightforward, developing a feeling for a position and what moves are good based on intuition, is harder, but learnable. Grandmaster Training: Decision-Making by GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov teaches you not to think like a computer, but like the best players in the world by developing your chess intuition.

There are many other things to know about calculation in chess. I won’t be the one to tell you. But IM Bence Szabo will. Introducing his new 11-hour long video training Calculation Masterclass where he breaks down this complicated, subtle topic in a language that you will understand.

FM Viktor Neustroev reveals… “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee. The calculation is the most valuable skill in chess. Calculating just one move deeper than your opponent typically wins the game.

The Most Fundamental Skill You Can Learn after the Rules of the Game! You’ve learned the rules and how the pieces move. Now what? You take your opponent’s pieces, that’s what! But as you may have experienced in your games, taking the wrong pieces - or taking with the wrong piece - can horribly backfire.

Sink the Sicilian with a Monstrous Gambit Repertoire. If you think the Smith-Morra Gambit is just a club player’s pet opening against the Sicilian, think again! The movers, shakers, and mad scientists of the chess world have been experimenting with neural network engines to find that not only is the Morra Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.d4! sound, it’s quite possibly one of hardest-hitting responses to the Sicilian out there.

To The Ambitious Chess Player Who's Almost But NOT Quite Satisfied With Their Game — And Can't Quite Figure Out What They're Doing Wrong. Three-time British and Scottish Chess Champion breaks down the biggest roadblocks to chess improvement and demystifies the "secrets" to consistently climbing the ranks.

Understand one of the richest chess openings with a top Chessable author, in just 100 trainable lines! If you look for the cleanest opening instruction, Grandmaster Alex Colovic is the man to go with. As the first GM on Chessable and one of our most prolific authors, he knows a thing or two about creating 5-star courses.