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Re: any book on Najdorf Polugavsky variation?
Reply #11 - 01/15/12 at 10:19:35
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Guys i have already found my antidote... 

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1326345751

when i opened this thread i hadn't. I am happy to play that way i need to see some practical games to know how it goes.
  
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Reply #10 - 01/15/12 at 09:51:37
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tp2205 wrote on 01/15/12 at 08:36:27:
STEFANOS wrote on 01/15/12 at 07:29:58:
..., but black to play positionally against 6.Bg5 I believe is almost impossible.


It is certainly possible, but White usually mates you if you try that. Smiley


The closest I know about is 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6 8 Qd2 Nc6!?, which either goes into an endgame after 9 0-0-0 Qxd4 or a slow positional game where black has the centre and two bishops vs less space after 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nb3.  This is covered deeply in the second edition of The Sharpest Sicilian.

I've played it twice and won a nice game in the endgame line more or less following the main line in the book until move 15 or so.  I lost against 9 Bxf6 after making a bad mistake at move 13 that left my strategically lost.
  
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STEFANOS wrote on 01/15/12 at 07:29:58:
..., but black to play positionally against 6.Bg5 I believe is almost impossible.


It is certainly possible, but White usually mates you if you try that. Smiley

In a sense 7...b5 has a sound strategic idea. Speeding up Black's queenside expansion (e.g. Qd8-b6 instead of Qd8-c7-b6). The only question is whether it is tactically sound.
  
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Re: any book on Najdorf Polugavsky variation?
Reply #8 - 01/15/12 at 07:29:58
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Why to play the Polugaevsky variation, since it is the only variation , which it is under a theoritical and practical cloud against 6.Bg5, even the Goetenburg variation is much better, it is a game of Leko vs an Iranian GM, which it is how white can play the variation. For white to play positionally against Najdorf, I can think only 6.Be2 or 6.g3, but black to play positionally against 6.Bg5 I believe is almost impossible.
  
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Re: any book on Najdorf Polugavsky variation?
Reply #7 - 01/15/12 at 07:02:42
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I missed the part about playing positionally against 6. Bg5. I do not think that is exactly possible. Certainly not possible with the Polugaevsky, and certainly not without long periods of opening preparation.
  
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raja wrote on 01/14/12 at 18:11:21:
Because i like to play Sicilian variations and i feel i am playing positionally only in the sicilian(attacking the queenside) but last time i left sicilian only  because of the Bg5 najdorf which is too theoritical so i want some antidote for that line so that i can play my sicilian again.


Now there are rumours that Polugaevsky had a refutation of his variation and some lines are pretty scary. I am not up-to-date but the last time I checked there were some variations which would have to be repaired before the Polugaevsky becomes playable again.

In any case unless you play against players who do not dare to play 8.e5 you can forget about 'positional queenside play'. It is all about taking material, surviving the attack (by returning most but hopefully not all the pieces/pawns you grabbed) and then winning Smiley.

If you want to play the Najdorf without excessive study, have a look at Ftacnik's GM repertoire, but the idea of playing the Polugaevsky variation as a not so theoretical antidote to 6. Bg5 is certainly novel (TN).
  
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Reply #5 - 01/15/12 at 06:34:45
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Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 01/15/12 at 05:20:34:
I forgot the details of the book, but I think the title was The Complete Najdorf: 6. Bg5 published quite a while ago. I cannot find my copy since a few years ago, but I am sure that it had the Polugaevsky Variation.


The Complete Najdorf 6 Bg5 (9781879479456): John Nunn

But it is 15 years old.  So you would need to check NICs or databases to update your information.
  
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I forgot the details of the book, but I think the title was The Complete Najdorf: 6. Bg5 published quite a while ago. I cannot find my copy since a few years ago, but I am sure that it had the Polugaevsky Variation.
  
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Because i like to play Sicilian variations and i feel i am playing positionally only in the sicilian(attacking the queenside) but last time i left sicilian only  because of the Bg5 najdorf which is too theoritical so i want some antidote for that line so that i can play my sicilian again.
  
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Re: any book on Najdorf Polugavsky variation?
Reply #2 - 01/14/12 at 11:40:43
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tp2205 wrote on 01/14/12 at 03:36:16:

But I am curious, in one of the other threads you introduce yourself as a positional player. For such, playing the Polugaevsky variation is at least slightly unusual. Why do you want to study it? 


I was asking myself the same question ...  Huh
  
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Re: any book on Najdorf Polugavsky variation?
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raja wrote on 01/11/12 at 18:21:04:
does any Najdorf book cover this variation from black's perspective Undecided?


There are Polugaevsky's own books but they are of course not up-to-date. 

But I am curious, in one of the other threads you introduce yourself as a positional player. For such, playing the Polugaevsky variation is at least slightly unusual. Why do you want to study it?
  
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does any Najdorf book cover this variation from black's perspective Undecided?
  
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