The Najdorf is the most popular line of the Sicilian Defence for a very good reason: Black can play for a win without taking undue risks. The Najdorf's fundamental soundness has been confirmed in countless top-level games, and in particular by Garry Kasparov's successful use of it throughout his career. White has tried a wide variety of approaches against the Najdorf, including quiet positional lines and the traditional main line with 6 Bg5. Recently the idea of a rapid kingside pawn advance has found favour. The Najdorf's landscape changes rapidly, and this presents its devotees with a complex task: they must not only keep up-to-date with sharp theoretical lines, but must also have a firm grasp of the strategies that underpin the main systems, both old and new. This book lends a helping hand to those who play the Najdorf or wish to take up this complex opening. Two Najdorf experts from Spain present a flexible repertoire for Black, including a wealth of original analysis of the critical variations. They also explain the key ideas behind the Najdorf, focusing on those plans that are most relevant to modern practice.
Review On Sep 3, 2005by Larry Steele of Washington, DC
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I was out of tournament chess for eleven years and my Nadjdorf was very rusty. This book gave me more insight on the opening even ten years ago. I can grasp the dynanics of it.
Review On Aug 29, 2006by IVICA MIHOCI of CROATIA
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The book covers variations with ... e5 for Black and it's well suited for players who lack knowledge in highly dynamic mobile centre where a piece sacrifice is a normal thing. As a Fischer fan I like this book because I, like Fischer, play ... e5 somwhere in the opening. Yet I must say that the Poisoned Pawn Variation was omitted and replaced with some quiter lines where Black must play very accurately, but on the other hand he play with less risk compared with the Poisoned Pawn. Highly recommended.
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Puzzle Answer
1.Rd7! Bxd7 2.Qxd7 Qb6+ 3.Kh1 Re8 4.Rxe7! Rxe7 5.Bd6 Qxd6 6.Qxd6+- Gelfand-Salov, Madrid 1996 (Source: Anthology of Chess Combinations)
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