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ANNOTATED GAME

How "KNOT" to play the Sicilian Najdorf
dsfei vs. acti
Annotated by: dsfei (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B90), Najdorf, Adams attack
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1. e4 c5
Sicilian Defense

 
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
Najdorf Variation

 
6. h3
I got this idea from Fischer's book "My 60 Memorable Games"

 
6... e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 Be7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 O-O
Castling into it

 
11. Ng3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5
Very bad: this gives the white knight an outpost on d5.
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13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Bh3 Rf8 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. c3
Black is weak on the light squares and his darksquare bishop might as well be a pawn. Notice how the black bishop never makes another move for the rest of the game.

 
16... Nb6
What else?

 
17. Be3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. Kb1
avoiding the threat of Nb4

 
20... b5 21. Bg2 Rac8 22. Be4 b4 23. c4 a5 24. b3 Nd8 25. h5 Nf7
losing

 
26. g6 Ng5 27. h6 Nxe4 28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxh7+ Kxg6 30. Qxe4+ Rf5
Now black loses a rook and will get mated.

 
31. Rh6+
Gameover
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