Najdorf Powerbook 2013

Whoever plays the Najdorf Variation is following in the footsteps of Fischer, Kasparov, Anand, Gelfand and Topalov. Recent years have witnessed enormous development in this opening, and despite that the last word is a long way from having been said on the matter. Nowadays new ideas in the opening see the light of day above all with the support of chess engines. And it is not rare for tomorrow’s theory to be forged in the “Engine versus Engine” struggles in the computer room on playchess.com. The new Najdorf Powerbook 2013 brings both of these together: the latest state of theory based on 58 000 master games in conjunction with more than 1 070 000 top class Najdorf games from the engine room on playchess.com. These enormous numbers demonstrate how where “human theory” still has only a handful of games to show, the engines frequently “deliver” examples in their hundreds and even thousands. Here is an example in what is perhaps the most important line of the Poisoned Pawn Variation: 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 g5 13.exf6 gxh4 14.Be2 Qa5 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Kh1 Qg5