Variations
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1.1.1
1 VARIATIONS
knight White will nd it very hard to organise
an attack.
7. f4/Qe2 g6: Grischuks Verbeterde List. Another modern way to meet both 7.f4 and 7.Qe2. The
idea is to castle kingside rapidly and then start to
attack with b5b4, while wasting no time with the
e-pawn.
7... h6!? the Poisoned Pawn Deferred. This variation is very popular at the moment.
1.1.2
1.4
Because of the success of various players with these variations, White often plays 6. Be2 and goes for a quieter,
more positional game, whereupon Black has the option
of transposing into a Scheveningen Variation by playing
6... e6 or keeping the game in Najdorf lines by playing
6... e5. Another option is to play 6... Nbd7, in the spirit
of The Verbeterde List. It is for this reason that this variation is called The Verbeterde List Unlimited.
1.5
Qf3, and 6. Qe2 are rarely played, but are not so bad and
may be used for surprise value.
2 See also
List of chess openings
List of chess openings named after people
3 References
6. f4
1.6
1.7
Chess-
[3] Sicilian, Najdorf (B96)". Chess openings. Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2008-01-19. (also known as Najdorf, Polugayevsky Variation)
[4] King, Daniel. Power Play 18: The Sicilian Najdorf.
4 Further reading
O'Kelly de Galway, Albric (1969). The Sicilian
Flank Game (Najdorf Variation). Batsford. ISBN
9780713403510.
Geller, Em; Gligoric, Svetozar; Kavalek, Lubomir;
Spassky, Boris (1976). The Najdorf Variation of the
Sicilian Defense. RHM Press. ISBN 0890580251.
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Stean, Michael (1976). Sicilian, Najdorf. Batsford.
ISBN 0713400986.
Adams, Jimmy (1977). Main Line Najdorf. The
Chess Player. ISBN 0900928905.
Adams, Jimmy (1977). Najdorf Poisoned Pawn.
The Chess Player. ISBN 0906042070.
Adams, Jimmy (1978). Sicilian Najdorf Polugaevsky Variation. The Chess Player. ISBN
0906042097.
Nunn, John (1999). Complete Najdorf: Modern
Lines. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 0713482184.
Kosten, Tony; Gormally, Danny (1999). Easy
Guide to the Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN
1857445295.
King, Daniel (2002). Winning With the Najdorf.
Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 0713470372.
Emms, John (2003). Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen
Style. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-323-3.
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de Firmian, Nick; Fedorowicz, John (2004). The
English Attack. Sterling. ISBN 978-0945806141.
Sammalvuo, Tapani (2004). The English Attack.
Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-57-9.
Gallagher, Joe (2006). Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857443929.
Palliser, Richard (2007). Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-601-2.
Rizzitano, James (2010). Play the Najdorf Sicilian.
Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1-906454-16-6.
Ftacnik, Lubomir (2010). The Sicilian Defence.
Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-08-4.
Yearbook 101.
9056913611.
New In Chess.
2011.
ISBN
Yearbook 102.
9056913638.
New In Chess.
2012.
ISBN
External links
Najdorf Variation video and analysis
Najdorf Variation at ChessGames.com
Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation, English Attack
(B90) Openings Chess.com
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