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Best resources for learning the Najdorf? : r chess - Reddit lazy najdorf gingergm Underrated course I never hear anyone talk about it If you want thematic ideas, this is a very good course Chessable najdorf courses I've used lines from logozars anti sicilian course and mvl's poisoned pawn lines from colovic Playing the Najdorf by David Vigorito (great book but probably too advanced at your stage)
Best way to learn the najdorf as a beginner : r chess - Reddit The Najdorf is perfectly legit and you should play that if you want to, but IMO the Classical Sicilian is a really nice first Sicilian a6 in the Najdorf is a high-class waiting move, but unless you are facing high-class opponents, Nc6 develops a piece
Sveshnikov or Najdorf? : r chess - Reddit The Najdorf is more compact and positionally solid If White doesn’t apply pressure soon, Black will often have good middlegames and endgames in the Najdorf In the Sveshnikov it’s the opposite, endgames are often rather uncomfortable In general, I’d advise people to just play a bunch of games in the openings if they need to decide
whats harder to learn the Najdorf or the Grunfeld : r chess - Reddit Najdorf is pretty forcing so there's only a few critical lines you have the know and for the most part you can wing it in the others as long as you understand your plans and the position Grunfeld on the other hand has a like a thousand forcing lines that you have to play perfectly and has a lot of patterns that are specific to variations
Why shouldnt I play the najdorf? : r chess - Reddit The Najdorf is a perfectly sound opening, and in fact it's almost too good Many grandmasters have abandoned 6 Bg5 in favor of 6 Be3 or even 6 h3 because these lines are relatively less explored and might offer white a little more in super-grandmaster practice
Giri Najdorf Chessable Course? : r chess - Reddit I'd say if you want to learn najdorf it'd be good to get without video when it's inevtiably on sale again I think anyone saying an 1800 couldn't use a solid repertoire is a bit misguided Yes there are plenty of ways to improve your play at that level and below that aren't openings related but it doesn't mean learning an opening won't get you
Why does no one play the najdorf anymore? : r chess - Reddit Najdorf is still being played, at minimum I recall there was a game in Grenke Open where Hans, who won the event, played 2 games in the Najdorf and won both of them The reason though why you don't Najdorf at the very top is quite simple: The main aim for the top guys is to get a draw with the black pieces, and not to get an unbalanced game
Is the Najdorf practical? : r chess - Reddit The viability of the Najdorf or any other opening at the top level barely affects their viability at lower levels It certainly can affect opening trends and popularity, but outside of professional play, you can still play objectively mediocre openings and get good results
Strategy in The Najdorf : r chess - Reddit The Najdorf is characterised by the Boleslavsky structure, with pawns on d6 and e5 added to the typical open Sicilian configuration Though the d5 square is a hole, unlike the Sveshnikov, it is concretely difficult for white to exploit it as black can play Be6 and Nbd7 rather quickly
Trying to find a good sicilian to play, Dragon, Najdorf . . . - Reddit The Najdorf is the most theoretical and I need to know the theory for 6 Be3 6 Bg5 6 Bc3 6 Be2 6 f3 (but this will most likely transposes into the 6 Be3 lines) and 6 h3 just to name a few, but if I know enough theory I'll most likely achieve equality most of the time, it can also be used to play scheveninguem-like setups while avoiding the Keres