page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 335  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Konstantinopolsky vs E Gerstenfeld   1-0 44 1940 Lvov corr B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. N Bergqvist vs Pilnik 0-1 42 1950 Dubrovnik olm B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Liublinsky vs Kotov   0-1 40 1952 Ch Moscow B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Tal vs Darzniek Artur 1-0 30 1953 Riga ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Keres vs Sajtar 1-0 20 1954 Amsterdam ol final (23.09.54) B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Nezhmetdinov vs Shamkovich 1-0 34 1954 ? B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Nezhmetdinov vs Petrosian 0-1 44 1954 URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. E Pedersen vs Sajtar   ½-½ 23 1954 Prague zt B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. L Barden vs Sajtar   ½-½ 22 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Schmid vs Edmund Adam   1-0 17 1954 Dyckhoff mem-A corr5456 B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Bronstein vs B Rabar   ½-½ 17 1954 Belgrade B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Bronstein vs B Milic   1-0 41 1954 Belgrade B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Nezhmetdinov vs Vvedensky   1-0 39 1954 USSR Team Ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Byvshev vs Tolush 0-1 36 1954 Leningrad ch-city B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. E Joppen vs B Rabar   1-0 35 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Shamkovich vs Kuzminykh   1-0 50 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Bannik vs S G Lebedev   1-0 50 1955 URS-ch 1L B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. E Paoli vs B Milic   1-0 46 1955 Ljubljana B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. M Bertok vs E Paoli   1-0 68 1955 Ljubljana B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Tal vs J Yuchtman   1-0 43 1956 Tbilisi B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Y Safvat vs Filip   0-1 47 1956 Moscow ol (Men) prel B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. F Blatny vs Hendrich Lax   1-0 18 1956 CSR-ch sf B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. J Marsalek vs J Jezek   0-1 37 1956 CSR-ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Pilnik vs Ujtelky   ½-½ 76 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. A Matanovic vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 25 1956 YUG-URS B94 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 335    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Dec-03-04    Backward Development: no notable games for such a theoretical line as this?? i would recommend spassky-fischer, a good polugaevsky line, and of course a kasparov win. Dec-04-04    Backward Development: CG.com... Never mind, i just explored some more and came to the conclusion that this code is for lines in which black avoids the main lines... sorry for the 'slander'. regards. Dec-04-04    chessgames.com: Right, most of the notables are found here Sicilian, Najdorf (B96). In any case, we have no control over what is "notable", it's determined simply by the number of appearances in game collections. Dec-04-04    Backward Development: gotcha. wow, do you guys have a 'rapid response team'? i just wrote my last post about...a minute and a half ago! pretty impressive... Oct-01-06    hicetnunc: Does anybody know a refutation of 6.Bg5 e5?! Dec-06-06    notyetagm: From GM Danny King's Najdorf update at http://www.chesspublishing.com/cont...: <Game 6, Mueller-Kasimdzhanov features a system that is growing in popularity: click for larger view I know that Tony has discussed this before, but I'm bringing you up-to-date with the latest games and giving my own views. I find this system attractive, not least because of an important practical consideration: it comes fairly soon in the game so there is less chance of White deviating and avoiding it. Moreover, in securing the e5 square for the knight, the idea has a sound positional basis.> [Event "Mainz Ordix open"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Müller, Matthias"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2401"] [BlackElo "2672"] [NIC "SI 6.2"] [ECO "B94"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Nf5 exf4 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bg7 15. h4 Qe7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Qd2 O-O-O 19. Bb6 Re8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ned7 22. Bg1 Ng4 23. Rd1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Kd2 Nc5 27. Bc4 f6 28. Rh1 Re5 29. Rh7 Rxf5 30. Rf7 f3 0-1 Apr-17-08    sentriclecub: Can someone explain further the pros/cons beyond what this amateur sees. <> of 6...e6 P-is the most popular reply P-adds better coverage to the center P-very flexible C-pins the knight C-black has 1 piece developed to white's 3 C-Qa5 can lead to doubled f-pawns after Bxf6 <> 6...Nbd7 P-develops a piece P-knight can attack e5 twice when white plays f4 P-Qa5 works good to scare white and unbook him C-blocks in the light square bishop C-slower to castle by one tempo Apr-17-08    KingG: <sentriclecub> Counting against 6...Nbd7 is also the fact that it might be a bit premature to commit the knight to d7. That is not only because you might want to put it on c6, but also because you weaken the e6 square by blocking in the bishop. This could leave you vulnerable to sacrifices on e6, since 7.Bc4 is the most popular reply to 6...Nbd7. By the way, this may also be the reason that 6...e6 is more popular: White finds it more difficult to place both his bishops on their ideal attacking squares c4 and g5. Of course, there is nothing preventing 6...e6 7.Bc4, but Black then finds it easier to equalise then after 6...Nbd7 7.Bc4. In any case, I don't think generalities help that much in these positions. 6...e6 is more popular simply because analysis and practice indicates that it's a better move. Even Petrosian played 6...Nbd7, so I don't think there is anything obviously wrong about it. However, I must say that in sharp positions I like to have the option of castling as quickly as possible, even if I don't end up using it. Apr-18-08    sentriclecub: Thanks KingG, what a fast reply. I think I'll go with 6...e6 next time I face Bg5 on FICS.org

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