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Najdorf Defence [B90-B99] (Moderator: proustiskeen)
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Santos' White Repertoire against the Sicilian ?
Hi,
GM Santos has done a White repertoire based on the Open Sicilian. It consists of two chessable-courses and it looks like the courses are manageable even for busy ( or lazy ![]() Started 01/28/23 at 10:57:54 by emary « Pages 1 2 all » |
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Najdorf 9. ... O-O
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O O-O recently came up in a game.
Are there any tactical reasons why O-O is almost never seen? I know it's defi... Started 12/13/03 at 16:04:00 by nexirae |
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Early f4 in the Be3 Najdorf
OK, I'm having trouble here:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 (9. 0-0-0 is also odd but not easy to meet imo) What should Black... Started 05/18/07 at 23:29:31 by exigentsky |
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Current status of 6...Ng4 Against the English
I have had problems with the Enlglish Attack in the Najdorf, but play all the other lines with a good amount of confidence. I have mostly played 6...e6 but have had mixed results and get a little tir...
Started 10/23/12 at 00:53:23 by Michael Wilde |
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Poisoned Pawn Line...
Hey all,
I was curious as to whether or not White has absolutely anything after this line: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10.... Started 03/30/10 at 22:02:23 by TonyRo |
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Creative Najdorf
A quick scan reveals no post about this forthcoming book: http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Play_the_Sicilian_Najdorf%3AA_creative_... It will be a long wait but could well be ...
Started 09/10/09 at 07:29:02 by tafl |
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Karjakin-Kramnik Dortmund 6.Be3
Hi!
I´am new here. I saw a great game today in the Dortmund tournament between the great young talent Karjakin and the actual champion Kramnik. Kramnik is now playing the Najdorf and it seems tha... Started 07/25/04 at 17:44:40 by Mortal Games |
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Kamsky - Topalov 2006
What was Topalov thinking? Playing the Najdorf Poisoned pawn seems to have been a bad idea - he trailed by a point and white has a forced draw after 8 Qd2 Qxb2 9 Rb1 Qa3 10 f5 etc see Pons - Kasparo...
Started 06/04/06 at 11:23:18 by snakebite |
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Lazy Najdorf
There is a Ginger GM DVD on the Najdorf: https://gingergm.com/shop/the-lazy-najdorf . Interestingly, you can buy the PGN separately (very lightly annotated) for 1 pound (the DVD is 20 pounds and that ...
Started 07/13/18 at 09:00:34 by gwnn |
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sozin lines and the Bc4 lines in the sicilian
in the Sozin lines and the Bc4 lines to the Najdorf can someone give some advice where or who currently plays these lines amongst GMs with 75% success.
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New Najdorf-Repertoire by Blohberger
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01 Intro, Motivation & Spielidee 11:32 Abweichungen im 2. Zug 02 Aufbauten mit c4 05:10 03 Wing-Gambit (Flügelgambit) 07:49 04 2.b3 ... Blohberger recomments e6- and g6-Set-ups. Against 6.Bg5 -> 6...Nbd7 Started 08/27/21 at 15:51:21 by alyechin |
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Line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4: Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. h3
I am looking for some theory in this line. Fisher used to play it. Is there any Yearbook about this line? Or even a book? Started 03/20/11 at 23:08:31 by nobibla |
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Najdorf
In the Poison Pawn variation of the Najdorf after 9.Rb1 Qa3 what plans should white have? Who is said to be better? Even if you just read this please respond in some way. Thanks so much for everyon...
Started 07/03/03 at 17:58:23 by Ilikethedragon |
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Exchange sacrifice in the Polugaevsky
To my knowledge it has never been played but I have tried it several times and black looks ok after
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 ... Started 04/10/11 at 08:21:03 by jejega |
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"New" way of combating the English Attack
I have Winning with the Najdorf by Danny King and was wondering if his recommendations still is viable. It goes 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6! 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10...
Started 09/18/03 at 20:53:26 by Najdorf Player (Guest) |
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Najdorf poisoned pawn variation
I have a question about the Poisoned pawn variation
I saw some games of IGM Loginov in the next variation 1 e4 - c5 2 Nf3 - d6 3 d4 -xcd4 4 Nxc4 - Nf6 5 Nc3 - a6 6 Bg5 - e6 7 f4 - Qb6 8... Started 07/29/03 at 03:05:59 by franck Steenbekkers (Guest) |
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Best bet to meet Najdorf
what would be a good line to meet the Najdorf with. I have been playing Bg5 f4, but the level of theory is extreme and sometimes plans are unclear and it is often difficult to asses positions.
Im... Started 11/26/08 at 19:43:05 by Chessmoby |
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Looking for the best "antipoison"
Against the Najdorf , I use to play 6 Bg5 that suits my style
But more and more Black plays 6...e6 7 f4 Qb6 ( Poisoned Pawn ) I am a corr. player , so what works OTB is often useless again... Started 08/13/07 at 09:55:13 by photophore |
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The Verbeterde List
In the Wikipedia article for the Sicilian Najdorf under The Classic Main Line (6. Bg5) it mentions "The Verbeterde List" (6. Bg5 Nbd7) and mentions a Lody Kuling who played it. Do any of you know any...
Started 03/14/11 at 22:31:38 by Kopperhed |
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6 Bg5 e6 Najdorf Query
Hi, Everyone
I'm trying to understand the position arising from 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6 8 Nb3 Be7 9 Qf3 Nbd7 10 O-O-O h6 11 Bh4 g5 12 fxg5 Ne5 13 Qe... Started 01/15/07 at 15:48:52 by chessic |
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