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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.
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.
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.
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.
B34–B39. Parent. Open Sicilian. Synonym (s) Accelerated Fianchetto [1] The Accelerated Dragon (or Accelerated Fianchetto) is a chess opening variation of the Sicilian Defence that begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5. 2.
Sicilian Dragon. In chess, the move 9.Bc4 is one of the main options in the chess opening called the Yugoslav Attack, which is an attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence. Also known as the Rauzer System or the St George Attack, the Yugoslav Attack begins with the following moves: e4 c5. Nf3 d6.