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Najdorf - A New Knight Sacrifice!

#6

There are so many potential puzzles of lichess in this variation. and thus creating the need of extremely accurate play(to some extent) and ultra sharp positions (which are interesting).

There are so many potential puzzles of lichess in this variation. and thus creating the need of extremely accurate play(to some extent) and ultra sharp positions (which are interesting).
#7

Now that is not a secret anymore, humans playing White will always avoid such positions

Now that is not a secret anymore, humans playing White will always avoid such positions
#8

Thanks for putting the spotlight on a cool line that I've thought deserves more attention!

When I last analyzed this line, I reached two similar conclusions: white has at best a very small advantage if both sides play correctly for many moves. And nobody is going to play this correctly for either side without preparing it, so whoever has a knowledge advantage will probably have a big edge in practice.

However, I concluded that white's most testing line is one I don't believe you have covered at all, which is understandable due to its lack of games: 17. Bb5 b3 18. Rdg1. It looks like I thought black is still doing OK there too, though. If you want to dive further into that line, I can try to review & organize my own analysis there a bit more to compare it!

Thanks for putting the spotlight on a cool line that I've thought deserves more attention! When I last analyzed this line, I reached two similar conclusions: white has at best a very small advantage if both sides play correctly for many moves. And nobody is going to play this correctly for either side without preparing it, so whoever has a knowledge advantage will probably have a big edge in practice. However, I concluded that white's most testing line is one I don't believe you have covered at all, which is understandable due to its lack of games: 17. Bb5 b3 18. Rdg1. It looks like I thought black is still doing OK there too, though. If you want to dive further into that line, I can try to review & organize my own analysis there a bit more to compare it!
#9

@butterfli said in #8:

However, I concluded that white's most testing line is one I don't believe you have covered at all, which is understandable due to its lack of games: 17. Bb5 b3 18. Rdg1. It looks like I thought black is still doing OK there too, though. If you want to dive further into that line, I can try to review & organize my own analysis there a bit more to compare it!

Thanks for sharing!
I've added 17.Bb5 b3 18.Rdg1 as a new chapter in the study:

https://lichess.org/study/3XvDB0LV/ga7LJ8EY#35

Sure, let's compare :)

@butterfli said in #8: > However, I concluded that white's most testing line is one I don't believe you have covered at all, which is understandable due to its lack of games: 17. Bb5 b3 18. Rdg1. It looks like I thought black is still doing OK there too, though. If you want to dive further into that line, I can try to review & organize my own analysis there a bit more to compare it! Thanks for sharing! I've added 17.Bb5 b3 18.Rdg1 as a new chapter in the study: https://lichess.org/study/3XvDB0LV/ga7LJ8EY#35 Sure, let's compare :)
#10

This was actually played back in 2020 against me!! The first recorded game of this plan was mine (Talukdar) vs Aditya. Aditya had played this novelty against me at the time! And then after that it was played 3 years later in 2023. And now it is much more popular.

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This was actually played back in 2020 against me!! The first recorded game of this plan was mine (Talukdar) vs Aditya. Aditya had played this novelty against me at the time! And then after that it was played 3 years later in 2023. And now it is much more popular. ![image.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=DapY1Reiij0c.png&w=864&sig=b01edd4a69b120613656c499b48ada7ac652e374)