The English Attack (Be3 and f3) became popular as a direct attacking method against the Najdorf in the 1980s, following its successful use by Nunn, Short and Chandler. Since then, it has become established as the most critical line of the Najdorf, with Anand and even Kasparov himself using it to devastating effect at the highest level. This book is the first to be devoted to this most topical of openings, and its comprehensive coverage will enable players of all standards to play either side of the English Attack with confidence. Sammalvuo also discusses the trendy 6.f3 move-order, and the English Attack set-up against a variety of other Sicilian lines.

List of Content

004 Symbols

005 Bibliography

006 Foreword

007 Introduction

010 A Small Attacking Guide

015 The English Attack against Other Sicilians

017 1 The New Move-Order 6 f3

033 2 6...Ng4 and Unusual 6th Moves for Black

076 3 The Najdorf Line 6...e5: Introduction and the Positional 7 Nf3

090 4 The Najdorf Line 6...e5 7 Nb3: Introduction and the Hypermodern 8...h5

110 5 The Najdorf Line 6...e5 with 8...Be7: Early Deviations and the Dubious 10...h6?!

121 6 The Najdorf Line 6...e5 with Early Castling by Black

142 7 The Najdorf Line 6...e5 with 8...Nbd7: Introduction and the Modern 9 g4

156 8 The Najdorf Line 6...e5 with 8...Nbd7: The Old 9 Qd2

168 9 The Scheveningen Line 6...e6: Early Deviations

184 10 The Scheveningen Line 6...e6 with 8...Nfd7

202 11 The Scheveningen Line 6...e6 with 7...Nc6

225 12 The Scheveningen Line 6...e6: The Main Line 8...h6 without 12 Na4

252 13 The Main Line: The Critical 12 Na4

270 Index of Variations