This book is part of a new series from Quality Chess examining the cutting edge of opening theory. The idea is to identify the most important theoretical battlegrounds and then analyse as deeply as possible in search of improvements. Thus the reader will be ahead of the current state-of-the-art, rather than lagging behind trying to memorize old games.

The Cutting Edge 2 considers the Sicilian Najdorf - a favourite opening of ambitious players at every level. This book concentrates on lines where White chooses 6.Be3, heading for the English Attack.

The Najdorf with 6.Bg5 will be covered at a later stage in The Cutting Edge: Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5.

Milos Pavlovic is a highly experienced Serbian grandmaster and former Yugoslav Champion, whose analysis is regularly featured in New in Chess and Chess Informant

Content:
 004 Key to symbols used

005 Preface

006 Bibliography

Topalov Variation

007 1) 8.Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7

029 2) 8.g4

Perenyi Attack

041 3) 7...e5

067 4) 7...h6

083 5) 7...h5

Main Line

087 6) 14.a3

113 7) 9...Nb6

Scheveningen

127 8) 9...d5 10.Be2!?

6...e5

133 9) Positional Line 7.Nf3

157 10) Vallejo Pons Variation

175 11) 10...a5

193 12) Topalov Variation 9...h5

203 13) f2-f4-lines

213 Index