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love it how the guy who said, "this video sucks, doesnt teach u anything, just screws with ur head." is rated 1200. :D

interesting video.  Constructive criticism about the video is fine, but the butthead that said it sucks is just rude.  The video is helpful.  It has alot of theory to learn but thats why it's such a fun opening to use.  I appreciate all the videos, even if i struggled to get the concept right away, even any insight into a position is helpful and thus worthwhile.  Great job!!

this videos sucks... they dont help u become a strong player they just mess up ur mind

a very instructive video especially for fans of the najdorf like myself

Thanks Sam.

Very instructive. Had to watch it a few times though. Im not 'as fast' as Sam...

really like it especially since i just started to play the najdorf

why no Be7 then yes Be7?

he talks to fast at times

hi royal flush,

6...b5 allows white to play 7.Bd5: that's the extra option, that most black players choose to avoid. personally i don't know clearly whether Bd5 is a big deal or not. what i do know is that your idea of delaying e6 to perhaps profit from e5 is not relevant here, because with a white bishop on the b3-f7 diagonal, you basically never *want* to push e5. you always would prefer to have your e pawn helping to control that diagonal.

to your second question, if you push b4 to win the e-pawn, white plays Na4 Nxe4 and then probably immediately f4. the issue is that black is not well developed, and white will start to open the game very quickly. many past games have shown that taking this pawn is dubious for black.

@ ibro -- this is a fairly advanced lecture, so yes he goes pretty fast. there are other lectures that are aimed at less advanced players and go slower. on those, we get comments from really strong players saying they go too fast ;-)

watching it for the first time and it's kind confusing too fast

:)

Awesome video, but I have a couple questions about the analysis that I hope someone can clear up. For one, whats the advantage of 6...e6 over the immediate b5 to gain the queenside space with tempo? I understand e6 helps close off the a2-g8 diagonal but with knights on c3 and d4 I can't imagine white possessing any strong threats against the targeted f7 pawn and thus maybe waiting on e6 would be fitting to attempt an immediate e5 advanace at a later point? My second question is after the variation you describe at around 3:30 when after black plays b5 white castles, wouldn't the immediate 8...b4 kick the white knight on c3 off its defense of e4 and win a pawn for black? Thanks in advance, keep up the great work!

thanks for the vidoe. It was great. in the 1st line you said that 16.Bg5 was the most common. Have you look at 16.e5

and in the last line you said that 15..0-0 and black is not great. Have you look at 15... Qxe5 it look like it holds and pic the pawn before white has a change to cover.

thanks, grimis

These videos are great, definitely one of the best resources on this site

really a nice resource!

good video. helped  with learning this opening a bit more!

Awesome job

The Video will not play for me. Why? please 

excellent vid :)

It's really awesome.. :)