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"IM James Rizzitano's new book Play the Najdorf Sicilian is a great guide. The New England master was able to keep the defense up-to-date, highlighting the important points as well as the pitfalls. He chose the illustrative games with great care and his research is remarkable." - GM Lubomir Kavalek, Huffington Post
The Najdorf Sicilian has a unique place amongst chess openings for several decades it has been regarded by the top grandmasters as the best way for Black to play soundly for a win against 1 e4. It was a particular favourite of World Champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and plays a vital role in the repertoires of current top players such as Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov.
Black's stance is totally uncompromising. He accepts no organic weaknesses and stays flexible, ready to counterpunch in any part of the board. White has no safe or easy option. On the other hand, he does have a vast array of extremely dangerous attacking options, such as the old 6 Bg5 main line, which can lead to the Poisoned Pawn, a variation that has undergone much development in the 21st century. The current main line is 6 Be3, intending the English Attack. But given the Najdorf's importance, White has tried almost everything imaginable in the search for an advantage, with considerable bodies of theory evolving for lines that contain merely a drop of poison.
In the ever-changing Najdorf landscape, it is easy to lose sight of the strategic backbone that underpins the Najdorf. In this book, James Rizzitano, a battle-hardened Sicilian warrior, distils the most important ideas and themes from current practice to provide an ideal guide for those looking to succeed as White or Black in the Najdorf in the modern scientific era.
"Especially interesting and enlightening are the reasons Rizzitano provides starting right away from his brilliant introduction on how and why chessplayers cannot avoid studying this fascinating opening for the educational benefits that any player, no matter his style or level, will find in every phase of his career." - Martin Eden, www.soloscacchi.net
James Rizzitano is a strong international master who dominated chess in the New England region during a 14-year period from 1976 to 1989 - he won 157 out of 336 events in which he competed. His career highlights include victories over Alburt, Benjamin, Benko, Christiansen, Dlugy, I.Gurevich, and Wolff. In recent years Rizzitano has made a return to competitive chess.
"Recommended and absolutely state-of-the-art." - Uwe Bekemann, www.bdf-fernschachbund.de
"This is a great effort. Rizzitano presents a very thorough overview of each line in the Najdorf. ... I never felt that lines had been unduly ignored or dismissed. If you are considering taking up the Najdorf as Black, then this book is the perfect place to start. It will give you a good look at each line, the current theoretical standing, along with pointers to future developments." - Carsten Hansen, Chesscafe.com
Play the Najdorf Sicilian edition by James Rizzitano Humor Entertainment eBooks
This book from Gambit publishing "Play the Nadjorf Sicilian" by James Rizzitano is an updated repetoire book for sharp defensive line(s) playing against 1. e4. I mostly play 1. d4 and have numerous books on offense and defense. Admittingly I have yet to venture into 1. e4 waters so adding this book after facing players using king pawn openings was desperately needed, and since open game systems change DAILY, only up to date BOOKS will do! I decided to jump into the thick of the fray with the Sicilian and a defense known for giving the most affordable strategic and tactical counter chances playing Black. If many GMs use this defense, why not any of us lower ranked players?This book is a great starting point on handling Nadjorf lines on both sides of the board. It covers old/new main line theory (including the English Attack Be3/f3/Qd2 move orders and Bg5 lines) along with some minor and Anti- Nadjorf lines as well. Interstingly the author makes a point of pawn structure formations and covers the pro and cons to deal with them. As a side note, Quality Press's new line of books called the "Cutting Edge" series presents open Sicilian lines dealing with most current "ultra-Critical" lines occuring in the SD. They are recommended after you've gained some play time using the Nadjorf and other open/closed SD lines.
Play the Nadjorf Sicilian is a great buy for all players with enough diagrams, main line theory and alternative lines to put you on the winning side of either color. As always check out a book preview on the Gambit publishing website BEFORE you buy and SEE for yourself! Good buy at a good price!!....NUFF SAID
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Play the Najdorf Sicilian edition by James Rizzitano Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
Good book.
Really enjoyed the review by Robert J. Goris who appears to have a depth of knowledge about th Sicilian judging from his other comments including his review of "the sharpest sicilian". I read the version of "play the najdorf" and I did not finish the book but I found it quite readable and informative for chess players who are probably not in Robert's league in terms of experience with the Sicilian. I think "the sharpest sicilian" is probably the better book of the two but "play the najdorf" will do quite well for players just getting used to the incredible variety of the sicilian opening. If Robert ever wants to write a book on this subject I would probably buy it.
One of the frustrating things about buying chess books online is not knowing what systems the author is proposing. So when I purchased this book I had no idea what to expect. I guessed that this would be a black repertoire book, but it turned out to be more of an introduction to the Najdorf sicilian. The author has collected games played in the last 10 year (most less than 5 years old) and heavily annotated them, adding other game fragments into the notes. He uses an average two games per chapter at about 4 pages per game. It appears that Rizzanto wanted to appeal to many Najdorf tastes so he evaluates several lines, rather than recommending one line, hence the thinking that this is more of an introduction/overview and less of a repertoire book.
I will list the systems that he discusses
6)Bc4 he covers both the old lines with a quick ...b5 and the modern Nbd7, both are very different to each other.
6)Be3 (the current main line) he covers the tricky 6)....Ng4!? and the solid 6)....e5. In the english attack he looks at the line with ...h5 (why is this so trendy amongst writers?) and the ...Be7 and 0-0 line
6)Be2 gets ...e5. He takes the typical and refreshing Najdorf approach with ...e5 when possible (I'm a little tired of Scheveningen books posing as Najdorf books under the excuse of avoiding the Keres attack with a Najdorf move order.)
6)f4 e5 - the solid approach.
6)g3 e5 again! Love this approach!
Then 6)Bg5 the old main line. This gets a truly puzzling treatment, Rizzitano gives 5 alternatives!! Some of them pretty depressing for Black and it is a wonder they are included. Again, this appears to be the overview approach, giving the reader a taste of each system. He covers the Gelfand line with Nbd7, the Kasparov line with Qc7, the heavily theoretical Poisoned pawn line, the most likely dubious Polugaevsky and the old, old main line with ...Be7 which is just out of fashion.
Casting an eye over the bias of game results, one could imagine that, as this is a Black defense, the win ratio would favor black. Not true! The results are evenly split, suggesting that white players can get something positive out of this book too. That said, as a player of this defense, the black bias can be quite inspiring.
In concluding, I feel this is an inspiring up-to-date introduction to Najdorf; a starting point. I suspect that players will want to get more comprehensive books as they build their understanding of this system. For further reading I'd recommend The sharpest sicilian! by Georgiev, Mastering the Najdorf by Arizmendi & Moreno and finally parts of Grandmaster repertoire 6 - The sicilian Defense by Lubomir Ftacnik.
Really nice exploration of the Najdorf Sicilian opening. I took a star because it does not cover lines where White takes d4 with the queen. My other concern is that it should have included more winning games with Black
This book from Gambit publishing "Play the Nadjorf Sicilian" by James Rizzitano is an updated repetoire book for sharp defensive line(s) playing against 1. e4. I mostly play 1. d4 and have numerous books on offense and defense. Admittingly I have yet to venture into 1. e4 waters so adding this book after facing players using king pawn openings was desperately needed, and since open game systems change DAILY, only up to date BOOKS will do! I decided to jump into the thick of the fray with the Sicilian and a defense known for giving the most affordable strategic and tactical counter chances playing Black. If many GMs use this defense, why not any of us lower ranked players?
This book is a great starting point on handling Nadjorf lines on both sides of the board. It covers old/new main line theory (including the English Attack Be3/f3/Qd2 move orders and Bg5 lines) along with some minor and Anti- Nadjorf lines as well. Interstingly the author makes a point of pawn structure formations and covers the pro and cons to deal with them. As a side note, Quality Press's new line of books called the "Cutting Edge" series presents open Sicilian lines dealing with most current "ultra-Critical" lines occuring in the SD. They are recommended after you've gained some play time using the Nadjorf and other open/closed SD lines.
Play the Nadjorf Sicilian is a great buy for all players with enough diagrams, main line theory and alternative lines to put you on the winning side of either color. As always check out a book preview on the Gambit publishing website BEFORE you buy and SEE for yourself! Good buy at a good price!!....NUFF SAID
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