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Which is sharper? Najdorf or Sveshnikov?

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I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA

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I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA

No I don't say they are for weak but they ussualy tend to be more solid whereas najdorf has tendency of aggresive and that's not false 

I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA

Ya that is true 

tlay80
I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA wrote:

No I don't say they are for weak but they ussualy tend to be more solid whereas najdorf has tendency of aggresive and that's not false 

In practical play, not really.  There are some well-known sharp lines in the Najdorf, but both players have to be willing in order for them to arise.  If you play it at the club level, you'll see some sharp games (same as from any opening), but you'll also see a lot of slower games where strategic and positional considerations are crucial.  You can't play the Najdorf well if you don't have a good grasp of those considerations.

I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA

Ya but i dont have much vast opening repetoiee as black I only play najdorf and grunfeld and go for that full point every time

ShrekChess69420
I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA wrote:

No I don't say they are for weak but they ussualy tend to be more solid whereas najdorf has tendency of aggresive and that's not false 

Bro bought some Chessable courses and now he's handing out opening advice like a know-it-all GM!

mrfreezyiceboy

I'd say the Najdorf is much more tactical and sharper than the Sveshnikov

zone_chess

I feel that both are solid but the Najdorf gets more spectacular (read: crazy), as far as chess can be spectacular... more based on novelties, sacrifices, and switches on the board. Whereas the Magnus Sveshnikov lines are highly positional. So it's a matter of preference, and I will go for the Najdorf.

I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
I_PLAYLIKE_CARUANA wrote:

No I don't say they are for weak but they ussualy tend to be more solid whereas najdorf has tendency of aggresive and that's not false 

Bro bought some Chessable courses and now he's handing out opening advice like a know-it-all GM!

When u learn with gms you can take advise from him and share it to others

pwnsrppl2
Holy Old Threads, Batman!

I ended up playing the Kan, which doesn’t seem very sharp, but I got decent results OTB, because people at club level never played the best lines. I don’t think I’ll go back to the Najdorf, but Chessable has a course on Magnus’s opening repertoire from when he played the Sveshnikov in the World Championship.