Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 vol. XIV - Sicilian Najdorf

Alexander Khalifman:
``You are holding in your hands the fourteenth (and last!) book in the series “Opening For White According To Anand: 1.e4”. This volume is devoted to the variations of the Najdorf Sicilian arising after the moves 6.Be3 Ng4 and 6.Be3 e5. It is possible that nowadays these lines are no longer the main focus of theoretical attention, yet only a few years ago their correct evaluation and treatment were absolutely crucial for opening theory in general.
In the first part of this book we have analyzed the variation 6.Be3 Ng4.
In the second and main part of the book we have analyzed the line 6.Be3 e5.
This is not just a single variation, but rather an entire complex of opening lines, whose theory is now so complicated, involving many different branches, that it resembles a separate opening.
White is faced with an immediate choice: where to retreat his knight. The moves 7.Nf3 and 7.Nde2 are by no means harmless for Black, but nevertheless I would venture to recommend the traditionally main move 7.Nb3, with the already familiar plan of Qd2+f3+g4+0-0-0; in the first place, because I consider this to be White’s most principled approach, and secondly because the entire plan and all its nuances are already familiar to us from the previous books in this series.``

Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part 1 Knight Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
1 various; 7...h6 8.Bh4 various; 8...g5 9.Bg3 various;
9...Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 7...h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Part 2 English Attack (6...e5)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
3 without 7...Be6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4 7...Be6 8.f3 without 8...h5, 8...Be7 and 8...Nbd7 . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5 7...Be6 8.f3 h5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6 7...Be6 8.f3 Be7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
7 7...Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 h6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8 7...Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 without 9...h6 and 9...Be7 . . . . . . . . 177
9 7...Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 without 10...0-0 . . . . . . 214
10 7...Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 0-0 11.0-0-0 w/o 11...b5 . . . 232
11 7...Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 0-0 11.0-0-0 b5 . . . . . . . . . . 247
Index of Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

• Casa editrice Chess Stars
• Code 6475
• Anno 2012
• Pagine p. 380
• Isbn 9789548782913