Hello Chess Lovers
Today we get all hardcore with the Najdorf! Specifically the 6.Bg5 line. Its amazing to think that we can get to original moves and positions before move 36. Yet in 2011 Carauna tried an interesting move against French genius Vachier Lagrave . Lets check it out.
1.e4c5 2.Nf3d6 3.d4cd4 4.Nd4Nf6 5.Nc3a6 6.Bg5e6 7.f4h6 8.Bh4Qb6 9.a3!?All of a sudden this works.If black played 7....Qb6 8.a3?! would not have the same effect because the bishop is on g5 so
after 8 ...Nc6 9.Bf2 is impossible. Now if 9...Nc6 10.Bf2 is possible. As Naiditsch asserts black has the burden of proof in demonstrating that ...Qb6 is sensible especially as the sugarcoated b-pawn is doused with cyanide poison now.Worse news for black the queen on b6 blocks the b-pawn so b7-b5 is delayed for a move.
9...Nbd7 (9...Nc6 10.Bf2Qc7 11.Qd3) 10. Bc4 g5 This is a typical idea in the Sicillian with pawns on e6 and d6.The idea is to attack the f-pawn and divert it away from e5. The alternative is the 10...Be7. Players who are in a combative mood and are not afraid to lose a fighting game will try ...g5.Players who have classical beliefs/doctrines will go for development with ...Be7. It is also a question of priorities. One school of thought says that because there is a bishop on c4 it makes perfect sense to fight for e5 and get an outpost for the d7 knight with a tempo.The other school of thought is to get another piece into action. We will look at 10...Be7 in part two.
11.Bf2Qc7 (11...Nc5 12.Qf3g4 13.Qe3Qb2 14.0-0 white is more harmonious in this position.
Black is barely able to land a decent blow)
12.Be6!?A really courageous move made by those in the mood for posing serious problems to the opposition.12....fe6 13.Ne6Qc4 14.Nf8Rf8 15.Qd6a5 Here we have to take stock no some smoke has cleared.
White has removed three pawns from the board for the brave sacrifice of the bishop on e6.He is also able to marshall his rooks to the central files quite soon. There is no forced mate in 16 here.However the position forces black to come up with active moves for defence. Psychologically its unpleasant to be thinking of defending the black king for the next 10 moves so the annoyance factor is huge. Black will start thinking that he/she would rather be playing some other sport or doing something more pleasurable.
16.0-0-0Ra6 -Active defence! 17.Qd2gf4 18.Rhe1At this point white centralises his pieces like Topalov.Re6 19.Bd4Ng4 20.Nd5!b6 21.Kb1 At this point GM Naiditsch decides to stop. He simply leaves the ECO sign indicting initiative for white. However we can get deeper here. The contrast between the sides is extremely strong. White has the burden of proving that he has offensive momentum and resources. Black has to show not just resourcefulness in defence but actually like defending this position and proving that in the long run he can come out on top in the endgame. At this point I got really curious at how Rybka and Fritz 13 would break down such a position. Lets take a look.
The search engines of Rybka trotted out active moves first.
Here I would like to look at 21...Bb7 first. So the plus side is that it brings another piece into the fray e4 is a target.The minus side is that d7 is a vulnerable square on an open file. Lets take a look at a sample variation:
21...Bb7 22.Nf4Re4 23.h3Ngf6 24. Bf6 Nf6 25.Nh5!? Highlighting black's problem on d7.
25...Qc7 26.Qh6Qe5 and here I leave the position to you chess lovers who want the deep truth about this line. I hope I have opened some more doors for debate.
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