The Najdorf: An Uncomfortable Twist
I think that there is no one on Chess.com that can disagree that I like the Sicilian defense. From my articles I think that one is not on a Sicilian. This is because the Sicilian is what I know best. I am a Najdorf player, following the example of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. As such I enjoy playing against the Najdorf and that is because I have a special weapon. I learned this from one of my classmates. He suggested that when I play against the Najdorf I should try this line to set up the game, following the main line for the Najdorf. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4.
I later found out that this is a common move that many great GM’s including Bobby Fischer have played with success. With subsequent research I want to do share what I have found with the chess players of Chess.com. The main response to the move 6.Bc4 is 6...e6. One main move is 7.0-0 but I would suggest 7.Bb3 b5. The old way for handling this position as white is to play the Queen to f3 then to castle short. I would like to promote a different way for playing this position. I would suggest that 8.Bg5 would work well for white. This idea makes sense and is definitely documented, for example, the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Najdorf. Here is what I would suggest and promote.
