Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

The Najdorf is 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6. The pawn on a6 controls b5 and prepares queenside play. White chooses an attacking setup (the English Attack with f3 and Be3 is one of them) or a positional one. The subvariations below are the named branches.

33 named lines · ECO B84, B90, B91, B92, B93, B94, B95, B96, B97, B98, B99 · 10,301 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation

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  1. e4
  2. c5
  3. Nf3
  4. d6
  5. d4
  6. cxd4
  7. Nxd4
  8. Nf6
  9. Nc3
  10. a6
  11. Be2
  12. e6
  13. O-O
  14. Nbd7

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from c7 to c5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black pawn moves from d7 to d6.
  5. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  6. Black pawn captures on d4.
  7. White knight captures on d4.
  8. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  9. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  10. Black pawn moves from a7 to a6.

Named lines

  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation (B84) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Dekker Gambit (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g4
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, Anti-English (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Petronić Attack (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Yates Variation (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Zagreb Variation (B91) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation (B92) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation (B92) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation, Modern Line (B92) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line (B92) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Amsterdam Variation (B93) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation (B94) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. e5
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B95) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Neo-Classical Defense (B96) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Polugaevsky Variation (B96) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Polugaevsky Variation, Simagin Line (B96) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B98) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Browne Variation (B98) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Goteborg Variation (B98) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Traditional Line (B98) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7
  • Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line (B99) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7

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