The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence continues to be extremely popular. Advocated by great fighting champions like Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, this flexible, wonderfully rich system offers one of the best ways for Black to play for a win. Young Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan has developed and successfully employed his very own attacking repertoire for Black in the Najdorf. In this book he points out ways to avoid the most dangerous white systems, such as the English Attack, and presents ideas for Black to fight for the initiative right from the start. Revisiting all major Najdorf battlegrounds, Andriasyan challenges accepted views and sheds new light on this great opening. In his search for new paths he has found a great number of radical improvements, resulting in a complete, surprising and punchy repertoire. After you have read and studied Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian, you will be ready and happy to take on 1.e4 players at all times! With a foreword by Levon Aronian .Zaven Andriasyan (1989) was both European under-18 and World under-20 champion in 2006. He is currently one of the strongest grandmasters in Armenia. Zaven Andriasyan regularly writes for the New In Chess Yearbooks.

Content:

008 Preface by Levon Aronian

009 Introduction by the Author

013 Part I

014 Chapter 1 - The Poisoned Pawn with 8.Qd2

040 Chapter 2 - The Poisoned Pawn with 8.Qd3

065 Chapter 3 - The Poisoned Pawn with 8.Nb3

069 Part II

070 Chapter 4 - White Retreats the Bishop to b3

082 Chapter 5 - 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 - White Castles Kingside

112 Chapter 6 - 6.Bc4 e6 - White Alternatives on Move 7

119 Part III

120 Chapter 7 - 6.Be3 e5: Knight goes to f3

140 Chapter 8 - 6.Be3 e5: Knight goes to b3

165 Part IV

166 Chapter 9 - The Positional 6.Be2

180 Chapter 10 - The Aggressive 6.f4

192 Chapter 11 - Occupying the Flank: 6.a4

198 Chapter 12 - The Fianchetto 6.g3

209 Chapter 13 - The Poisonous 6.h3

221 Chapter 14 - Exercises

231 Chapter 14 - Solutions

242 Explanation of Symbols

243 General Conclusion

245 Index of Variations

249 Index of Players

253 Biography of the Author

254 Bibliography