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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #9 - 05/08/09 at 19:55:10
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I agree. For such a popular opening, not much written. You wouldn't happen to be the Najdorfslayer from RHP would you?  Roll Eyes
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #8 - 05/08/09 at 19:49:55
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I hope it is 6...e6 There are very few good books on the Scheveningen to say that it is such a popular opening.
  
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Reply #7 - 05/08/09 at 08:08:34
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Further details of the book can be found at the Quality Chess website: http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/6/49/grandmaster_repertoire_5__the_sicili....

Does anyone know whether Ftacnik will base his repertoire mostly around 6...e5 or 6...e6? It will be interesting to see what he recommends against 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4, 6.Be3 and 6.Be2, which are currently the critical lines at top level.
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #6 - 05/07/09 at 21:09:12
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The book is now announced on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Grandmaster-Repertoire-Sicilian-Lubomir-Ftacnik/dp/1906552...

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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #5 - 03/27/09 at 04:39:59
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I play the Najdorf on occasion and like the opening. However, it's too popular to play successfully without being VERY prepared and following the database games as well as engine games (CompMaster, My Book, latest Rybka book, etc.). It's just too popular and too theoretical to keep up with if you don't play it very often. This is the first opening every Open Sicilian player prepares against. 

Anyway, this book should help. Smiley Although, it faces a tough market and stiff competition so it better be great! The Sharpest Sicilian was released in 2007, Palliser's book just a year before that and so on. 

BTW: My references mostly refer to CC but it's also true OTB if you're playing masters.
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #4 - 03/21/09 at 21:38:14
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Great choice of author as he is a leading najdorf and scheveningnen expert. I am hopeful of another classic - I am sure Jacob Aagaard will input in the editing as he has played some of these lines himself for white and for black !
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #3 - 03/21/09 at 20:32:11
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yeah, really great news!
@boki: can you give a link, where exactly it says about that
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #2 - 03/21/09 at 13:50:30
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Fantastic news!! Ftacnik indeed plays the Najdorf, often as a way to his favorite Scheveningen.  Hopefully, this book will really be about the Scheveningen (i.e., he'll recommend ..e6 in response to White's various sixth moves) since Ftacnik is one of the leading experts in the world on the Scheveningen.
  
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Re: Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
Reply #1 - 03/21/09 at 11:14:56
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by Ftacnik? 
I am hoping that he will be better away from chessbase as he has been resolutely unimpressive there. Annotation by numbers.
Quality Control at Quality Chess impresses, so I hope that I am mightily suprised. 
Seems an odd choice though.
  
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Grandmaster Repertoire Najdorf sicilian
03/21/09 at 10:01:24
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Hi
It seems that Qualitychess will publish a Book in the Grandmaster Repertoire series on the Najdorf be Ftacnik. 
Is Ftacnik a Najdorf player himself? Certainly it will be a good book, but it must compare to Georgiev/Kolevs Book the sharpest sicilian which is excellent.
Very intersesting
  
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