Why not Bd3 in the Sicilian Najdorf?

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levitating_bishop34
GambitShift wrote:

This keeps coming up in my games and I don't know why Stockfish shows Be3 and not Bd3. Bd3 zeros in on the black king (h7 square). It protects the center e4 pawn. It also gives white a chance to castle. Be3 on the other hand does the opposite. Unless black castles long, white has to make one more move to castle. 

 

 

 

I like how every point you tried to make is completely wrong.

Laskersnephew

"Chess is not so simple..."

Very, very true!