The point of the move a6 in the Najdorf

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HobbyPIayer wrote:
Grumly06 wrote:

but it is also possible to avoid e5 and play simply e6 after the move a6, that's another interesting possibility.

Yes, it is.

Kasparov made a career out of playing the Najdorf with ...e6.

yes. he started to play it to avoid a well known trap starting with nf5 and over extension over f file. happy.png against lipnitzsky variations i guess it is not introduced in theory as

 


interesting but cry.png it shown in jonathan's video