Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.

Lubomir Ftacnik is a renowned opening analyst with great experience and expertise in the Sicilian Defense. In this book he reveals his secrets to provide a complete repertoire for Black against 1.e4 with 1...c5.

The meat of the repertoire is the Sicilian Najdorf - the perennial favourite of those who want to attack with Black. It is no coincidence that Fischer, Kasparov and Anand and Topalov have all relied on the Najdorf. Naturally, White's less critical tries are also covered, such as the 2.c3, 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+, and the Closed Sicilian.

• A sharp yet sound complete repertoire
• Critical lines explained by an expert
• Hundreds of novelties

Lubomir Ftacnik is a grandmaster from Slovakia. Despite his numerous international tournament victories, from European Junior Champion in 1977 to winning the World Open in 2008, he is most famous as an opening analyst.

Content:
006 Key to symbols used & Bibliography

007 From (Russia) Sicily with Love - Introduction

Minor Systems

009 1 - Pandora's (Chess) Box - Miscellaneous 2nd moves

029 2 - Some Like It Hot - The Morra Gambit

037 3 - Forrest Gump - The c3-Variation

Closed Systems

067 4 - Up Close(d) and Personal - Without g3

085 5 - A Bridge Too Far - 3.g3

Anti-Open Systems

101 6 - Fight Club - Various

119 7 - Blade Runner - 3.Bb5+

133 8 - The Last Samurai - 4.Qxd4

Minor Open Lines

149 9 - The Misfits - 6th Move Sidelines

161 10 - Sideways - 6.g3

175 11 - The Karate Kid - 6.h3

183 12 - Pulp Fiction - 6.f4

207 13 - The Rock - 6.Be2

251 14 - Midnight Express - 6.Bc4

English Attack

285 15 - The English Patient - 6.Be3 e5

323 16 - Predator - Perenyi Attack: 6.Be3 e6 7.g4

333 17 - Four Weddings and a Funeral - 6.Be3 e6 7.f3

Classic Main Line

379 21 - License to Kill - 6.Bg5 e6

405 22 - Blood Diamond - 6.Bg5 Nbd7

420 Variation index