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The Najdorf Variation[1] (/ ˈnaɪdɔːrf / NY-dorf) of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. [2][3] Modern Chess Openings calls it the "Cadillac" or "Rolls-Royce" of chess openings. [4] The opening is named after the Polish-Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, although he was not ...
Dragon Variation. In chess, the Dragon Variation[1] is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: 2. Nf3 d6. 4. Nxd4 Nf6. 5. Nc3 g6. In the Dragon, Black's bishop is fianchettoed on g7, castling on the king's side while aiming the bishop at the center and queenside.
2540 (July 1972) Peak ranking. No. 42 (July 1972) Miguel Najdorf (/ naɪdɔːrf / NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) [a] (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish – Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there.
The best known of these, called the Poisoned Pawn Variation, is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6. after which 8.Qd2 Qxb2 usually follows, accepting the "poisoned" b2-pawn. White can also play 8.Nb3, protecting the pawn.
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: . 1. e4 c5. The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.
Scheveningen Variation. In chess, the Scheveningen Variation[1] of the Sicilian Defence is an opening that is a line of the Open Sicilian characterised by Black setting up a "small centre" with pawns on d6 and e6. There are numerous move orders that reach the Scheveningen; a common one is: 2. Nf3 d6.
In chess, the Maróczy Bind (Hungarian: [ˈmɒroːt͡si]) is a term alternately used to refer to an opening or its associated pawn structure, named for the Hungarian grandmaster Géza Maróczy. When the Bind is discussed as an opening, it is defined as 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The Maróczy Bind opening is a ...
Pawn structure. Appearance. In a game of chess, the pawn structure (sometimes known as the pawn skeleton) is the configuration of pawns on the chessboard. Because pawns are the least mobile of the chess pieces, the pawn structure is relatively static and thus plays a large role in determining the strategic character of the position.