The Viktorious Kan Sicilian by FM Viktor Neustroev (MP4)

If you’re hearing about Viktor for the first time, he’s the 2019 Novosibirsk City Champion. He’s also a chess coach with 19 years of teaching experience…and an excellent one at that!

Even if you are a strong player, you may learn something helpful from Viktor. He helped me with “understanding” the position. – FIDE Master Maksim Korobkin

Many of his students have become youth champions for their age group, and…

In his first ever Chessable course, FM Neustroev treats you to the same skill-building instruction he’s known for…and shows you a club player-friendly way to beat 1.e4.

Bring The Fight To White With
The Viktorious Kan Sicilian

Forget about playing for a draw. The Kan Sicilian delivers a double-whammy, which drags the opponent to your “home turf” and aggressively fights for the full point.

The Kan is nowhere near as popular as, say, the Najdorf or Dragon Sicilians, which are played two to three times more frequently.

So 1.e4 players are less likely to prepare against it and more likely to misplay the arising positions…maybe even “gift” you the win before the 20th move.

Beyond surprise value, however, The Viktorious Kan Sicilian is every bit as reliable and dynamic as its more popular cousins.

Here’s how the opening works:

After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3, you play 2…e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 to reach the starting position of the Kan Sicilian.

From here, your plan is so simple — even a player with zero playing experience with the opening can “get it.”

Control the central light squares with pawns, and control the central dark squares with your pieces.

With a good grip on the center, you can always count on having a sound, flexible position. One that lets you repel any sign of aggression…bring the fight to White…and fall back to the safety of equality when the game doesn’t go as planned.

It’s the reason why top grandmasters like Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, and Vladimir Kramnik have included it in their repertoire.

But you don’t have to be a GM to reap the advantages of the opening.

Inside The Viktorious Kan Sicilian, FM Neustroev shows you everything you must know to play it successfully, including:

💥 The positional sacrifice against the club-favorite 5.Bd3. Slice through the enemy position with your bishops, and leave White with the unenviable task of defending pawns.

💥 The “safety first” move order against 5.Nc3, which secures you long-term strategic advantages with next-to-zero risk of coming under fire.

💥 When to break through with …d7-d5 against the dreaded Maroczy Bind. Get the timing right and your spring-loaded pieces take over the game…while the opponent must give up their control of the center.

💥 Did White just advance his pawn to e5 to attack you? FM Neustroev shows you how to turn the tables on them and round up that proud e5-pawn.

💥  Become less predictable and destroy unwary opponents. FM Neustroev offers many alternative plans, which sets White’s position ablaze or grinds them down like a boa-constrictor.

And much, much more.

To make sure you’re ready to play The Viktorious Kan Sicilian at any level — especially in club games and online chess — FM Neustroev also dedicated no less than five chapters to combating the Anti-Sicilians.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

💥 How to take the “attack” out of the Grand Prix Attack. You’re always in time to freeze the opponent’s advancing pawns and remove their most dangerous pieces from the board — giving you a “free hand” to push your agenda.

💥 This simple exchange which clips the wings of the Wing Gambit. Without White’s best attacking piece, your extra pawn becomes “insurance” in the endgame.

💥 The pawn lever that instantly neutralizes the Alapin’s central space advantage…and gives you a juicy target on c3 to play against.

💥 A fianchetto bishop on b2 is one of the most dangerous setups against the Kan Sicilian, right? NOT if you exchange the bishop or bury it behind its own pawns.

PLUS — the antidotes against the King’s Indian Attack…Smith-Morra Gambit…weird d3-systems…and other rare sidelines make this Sicilian repertoire a near-complete system against 1.e4.

Best part?

You can start playing and winning with The Viktorious Kan Sicilian in just two hours or less.

That’s because FM Neustroev also included a Quickstarter Guide, which covers the essentials in just 25 core variations and 58 minutes of video. And…