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Hi. I was the creator of the Najdorf series. I decided to stop at the English Attack because I haven't received many comments and I've decided that it's simply not worth it.
Anyway, on the Saturday of April 10, 2010, I participated in a five roun... | Read More
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Hello. In this blog, I am going to analyze white's most dangerous option of playing 7.f3 right after 6.Be3. The move order can be reversed with 6.f3 and 7.Be3, but it'll lead to the same position. This is called the English Attack, made popular by... | Read More
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Hello. In my last blog, I wrapped up white's option of playing 6.Bc4, which is called the Sozin Attack. I am now moving on to white's option of playing 6.Be3, currently the most popular move against the Najdorf. When combined with f2-f3, white h... | Read More
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Hello. In my last blog I analyzed black's option of choice A) 9.Qc7. Now, I am going to analyze choice B) 9.Qb6
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B) 9.Qb6
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Now, white has two options
B1) 10.Bg5!?
B2) 10.Be3
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B1) 10.Bg5!?
B2) 10.Be3
That's it about the Sozin Att... | Read More
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Hello. In my last blog, I explained white's continuation C4) 8.0-0. Today, I'm going to analyze white's most dangerous option in the Sozin Attack. It was played by Bobby Fischer with huge success. It's the modern main line of the Sozin Attack.
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Hello. In my last blog I talked about white's sharpest variation C3) 8.Bg5. But the most popular variation is C4) 8.0-0. White simply castles before reacting in the center.
C4) 8.0-0
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Now white has two options.
C41) 10.Be3
C42) 10.e5
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Hello. In my last blog, I analyzed white's two of four continuations after 7.b5 from black. We have seen: C1) 8.Qe2 and C2) 8.f4. Today we are just going to look at line C3) 8.Bg5. This is one of white's sharpest variations to play, so black has t... | Read More
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Hello. In my last blog, I explained two of white's three options, A) 7.a3, B) 7.a4. Today we are going to analyze white's most popular choice, C) 7.Bb3.
C) 7.Bb3
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Now, white has four options, with the lowest being the most popular.
C1) 8.... | Read More
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Hello. In my last blog I explained some key concepts for black in the Sicilian Najdorf. I also promised to discuss some options for white after black plays 5.a6.
Today, we are going to look at 6.Bc4, also known as the Sozin Attack. This attack wa... | Read More
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Hello. I have decided to start posting blogs on my blog about the Najdorf Variation of the ever-so-popular Sicilian. This variation is used by numerous chess powerhouses, including Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, the list goes on... | Read More