Originally posted by greenpawn34actually greenpawn i simply did not want to infringe upon your generosity, but now that you have made an offer that i cannot refuse, well let me see if i can buy it now! what if i buy the accelerated dragon one instead, will you chuck in the najdorf one as well, if i pay for postage?
Hi Robbie.
Do you want the Najdorf by King? (you never replied to my post).
That lad is correct. The Sicilian is a young man's opening.
I'd play the French before a Sicilian these days.
Very good players like Korchnoi can fall back on their experience
and their good positonal sense.
IMO Positonal sense is something once gained is never lost Book free (offer to Robbie Only).
C'mon Robbie I need the money for booze and fags!!!
There are loads of good books on the Najdorf.
I agree Danny King's "Winning with the Najdorf" is good, that was my first one, and is great for learning the general principals, but it is way out of date!
He recommends, 6...e5 in most lines but, I like his coverage of the 6...Qc7, with the idea of a later...g6 ...Bg7 against 6.f4, he recommends the Classical Main Line against 6.Bg5 (i.e. 6...Be7).
Other ones include Gambit's Mastering the Najdorf, I personally like John Emms, Play the Najdorf, Scheveningen style where he recommends 6...e6 against pretty much all White's 6th moves.
The Sharpest Sicilian is really for higher level players I feel, I can't bring myself to play the Poisined Pawn OTB!
Easy guide by Kosten is okay but not one of the best, okay for ideas I suppose but not enough meat in it.
I would go for Emms book but you are really playing Scheveningen systems with 6...e6 rather than 6...e5 lines which is pure Najdorf.
Originally posted by orion25I agree- to be able to move the c-pawn two squares forward BEFORE your opponent can move his e-pawn--to effectively play a Sicilian up a tempo-- must be strong. Sometimes I think that because the English can be effective for players of widely different styles, that it often dilutes its reputation.
Um, if there is any move that isn't weak it is 1.c4! Maybe not very agressive, but very, very strong. d4 is also nice, but only as a secondary option.
But i didn't want to hijack this threat with my trolling, please go on about the sicilian (spit)
Paul
Originally posted by Paul Leggettaaah! don't say its a sicilian up a tempo, or I'll stop playing that either. Are you guys really trying to make me stop playing every opening I like?
I agree- to be able to move the c-pawn two squares forward BEFORE your opponent can move his e-pawn--to effectively play a Sicilian up a tempo-- must be strong. Sometimes I think that because the English can be effective for players of widely different styles, that it often dilutes its reputation.
Paul
The bad reputation of the english is that people claim it is a boring opening. For me it isn't, but I can understand why some players think it is. The english is so versatile that you can make it anything you want. Anyhow I hope it remains a hidden treasure (at least on this site, I've never seen anyone play it), I find most oponents don't know what to play against it, but that should be due to their overall lack of strangth more than the opening itself.
Originally posted by orion25the strongest player on the site, westrass plays it, and beautifully i hasten to add.
aaah! don't say its a sicilian up a tempo, or I'll stop playing that either. Are you guys really trying to make me stop playing every opening I like?
The bad reputation of the english is that people claim it is a boring opening. For me it isn't, but I can understand why some players think it is. The english is so versatile that you can make it anything yo ...[text shortened]... it, but that should be due to their overall lack of strangth more than the opening itself.