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| May-26-03 | | reekingskunk: What is black's general plan in the Najdorf? (e.g. queenside attack along the C-file) |
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| Oct-02-03 | | Phoenix: I find this interesting: in the line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4!? 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4!? seems to be the latest try here. There are 8 games ranging from 1999-2003 on chessgames.com with White scoring pretty well, 5 wins 2 draws and just one loss. So, is this just good as a surprise weapon, or does this variation have a future? |
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| Mar-01-04 | | bittersweet ballad: I don't really understand the idea behind 5..a6 - what does black have in mind? |
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| Mar-01-04 | | Benjamin Lau: To prevent things like Bb5, Nb5, and to threaten a strong minority attack with ...b5, ...b4 kicking the knight protecting the e pawn. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | Calchexas: What is meant to be accomplished in the Najdorf by 6. Be3? This is a fairly common move, and seems to be substantially better, statistically, than the more common Bg5. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | Kenkaku: <Calchexas> It adds extra defense to the knight on d4, develops the queenside to prepare for 0-0-0, allows the bishop to exert pressure on a large amount of squares after the d4 knight is moved, and controls the g5 square which will be useful in protecting the pawn which white hopes to place on that square after the usual followup of f3 and g4. I play the English Attack against the Najdorf, but am not extremely booked up as to its purposes, the above is merely my understanding of the move from the standpoint of my chess understanding. Perhaps someone more well-versed can elaborate. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: I think that's basically it. White's plan in the English Attack (assuming Black has castled K-side, bear in mind he often doesn't) is Be3, f3, Qd2, O-O-O, g4-g5, h4-h5, and finally g6. I would guess that Nd5 is often played after the Nf6 is booted from its post with g5. The knight on b3 can hop from a5 (controlled by the queen) to c6 and be a real thorn in Black's side, especially when supported by a pawn on d5 (usually after Nd5 and a subsequent ...Be6xd5.) After White plays g6 all he needs to do is line up his rooks on g1 and h1 and have a winning attack. If Black plays ...h6 in response to g6 then Bxh6 is strong.
Of course Black will do his typical set-up with b5-b4, Qc7, knights coming to c5 or c4, etc. and play for a mate on the White king. Check out the games of Boris Gelfand for some great English Attacks with ...O-O. |
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Mar-03-04
 | | tamar: 6. Be3 also works positionally as a sentry of the queenside when Black tries to prevent the g4-g5 idea. White can play Nd5 anyway, and then exchange the bishop for the black knight when it comes to b6. That was the plan in Kramnik vs Topalov, 2004
but Topalov wasted too much time, and the bishop came to b6 with even greater force, winning the exchange. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | Calchexas: Whoa. Thanx. I just wrote that line into my opening book (67% of the time it plays 6. Be3, compared with 33% for 6. Bg5.) I think, between reading your helpful analyses and writing 48 different positions from Be3 in my book, I'm pretty comfortable with it now. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: Raar sure. A question for those of you who are experienced with this line: what do you do when Black delays castling and eventually ends up going queenside? The k-side pawn storm looks awfully silly after that. |
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| Mar-05-04 | | Helloween: <BiLL RobeRTiE> From my experience in the Be3 Najdorf, White usually simply continues the pawn storm if Black castles long, trying to create a passed pawn instead of a mating attack. With the Kingside pawns moved, White can also gain good scope for his light Bishop against the Black King at h3 in these lines. Also, if White has played Kb1, and since Black has delayed castling, he usually has time to play c2-c4! followed by Rc1(or invert the move order if neccessary), which especially works great if Black has played b7-b5, and/or has his Queen at c7. I hope this gives some help. |
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| Mar-05-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: Thanks man. I look forward to using these new ideas in a game! |
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| Apr-13-04 | | Kenkaku: The e5 Najdorf seems to have become the fashion of late. I've never fancied it much myself. All too often the backwards d-pawn becomes a burden black would rather not saddle himself with. However, there's no denying that it's more aggressive. I would only recommend playing it after doing some serious analysis so you don't get tripped up by white's attack. As for me, I'll stick with my e6 Scheveningen-style Najdorf. |
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| Apr-13-04 | | Clock1913: WIth the be3 and e6 schevingen line I love to play g4. Its a keres attack and offers exciting play. after g4 then e5, h6 or any other king pawn moves. e5 is the most famous because after e5 white attacks with nf5. then black can't take with bishop or white gets a very strong attack. so black plays g6 attcking whites knight. white plays g5 counterattacking blacks knight. black play gxf5. Now, white can either play gxf6 and regain the knight or he can play a strong exf5 gambiting the knight. black plays d5 then white plays qf3. black plays d4 forking the bishop and knight. white castles long pinning the pawn to the queen. black play qa5 or qc7 and white plays bc4 to attack f7 with ideas of bxf7 and qh5. with this move white gives away a second piece for a huge make or break attack. I love to play aginst the najdorf but i only get ot play under 2000 opponents against it. all the masters wont play it. there is a huge lag between 2000 and 2300 with the najdof. |
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| Apr-13-04 | | Clock1913: Also, check out shirovs, judit polgars and anands games for the best 1.e4 c5 2.nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd 4.nxd nf6 5.nc3 a6 6.be3 e6 7.g4 games |
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| Apr-13-04 | | Kenkaku: <Clock1913> Some good points on the 7. g4 lines. I feel that 7...h6 is probably black's best option after it is played (less risky it seemeth me). |
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| Apr-13-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: I think that line is called the 'Perenyi Attack'. I thought about taking it up myself (i.e. 5...a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4), but then a cursory glance at the Opening Explorer revealed a bizarre labyrinth of piece sacrifices and counterintuitive moves. Thus I now play 6. f3 cutting out the Black option of 6. Be3 Ng4 though I suppose this could also be met by 7. Bc1 and 8. f3, for example. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Benjamin Lau: <A question for those of you who are experienced with this line: what do you do when Black delays castling and eventually ends up going queenside?> Judit Polgar vs Ftacnik, 1993 might be amusing for you Robertie. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Kenkaku: <BiLL RoberRTie> Since black is usually looking for play on the queenside (necessitating the breakup of his queenside pawns in most cases), his king almost invariably becomes exposed at some point after 0-0-0. A more common strategy is to leave the king in the center, which is generally pretty solid for black, in these lines. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: Thanks guys. That was a cool game! I might try something like that when a Najdorf player castles q-side. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Clock1913: This is an odd exception to opening theory. In the closed sicilian white sometimes builds up most of his pieces on the king side and then starts pushing pawns to attack the black king(pieces protect king and can immediately enter attack). Notice the piece build up around the queenside. this is blacks idea. And any player would feel bad going into known theory with a GM like judit polgar. After e6 in the najdorf the game actually transposes to a schevengin which may help you in finding any games. About be3 ng4. Bc1 is really looking for a draw. Because black has to do something with the g4 knight he has to move it back to nf6 then white simply plays be3 again forcing black to find something else to do like e5 nb3. With that said bg5 is the best reply to ng4 the line goes as this. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 be3 ng4 7 bg5 h6 8 bh4 g5 9 bg3 bg7. After this white can play f3 h3 or be2. after either black has to move the knight with the choice of nf6 or the aggressive ne5. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | BiLL RobeRTiE: How about 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3, the idea being to not commit to f3 if possible as in the Keres/Perenyi Attack. I personally see nothing wrong with 7. Bc1 as it just transposes into an English attack after 7...e5 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Be3 or maybe even another system if Black users the move order with 7...Nf6. I would rather play a regular English than get into the weird position after 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 etc. |
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| Apr-15-04 | | Clock1913: I agree e5 is certainly not bad for black. It is one of the most common moves in this position. But who wants to go into e5 when chances are they studied ng4 more and like it better. If they know e5 odds are they would have played it in the first place. It's like a benko system in the sicilian which forces black to go into a ruy lopez type position. and anybody who plays c5 certainly doesnt want to transpose in to the ruy lopez. |
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| Apr-15-04 | | Clock1913: Oh yes, f3 is a great move and very solid. GM Goldin recomended this line to me because it's as solid as the slav. as attacking as g4 and still flexible. and also allows great bishop diagnols on the f2-a7 diagnol |
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| May-29-04 | | salvator: i just discovered this site tonight .it is great .congratulation |
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