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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7-TWIC 758

TWIC 958
The 6.Be3 English Attack is red-hot theory now. The key defense is 6...e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3(Diagram)


8.f3

and now 8...h5 is proposed by Georgiev and Kolev in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).



Troff played 8...Be7 in a key game and won with a blistering attack at the recent University of Dallas FIDE Open.

Troff recently won the WYCC Under 14 Gold at Maribor 2012.


Troff getting congrats from Kasparov on gold

Here is the feature game.

Zherebukh,Y (2623) - Troff,Kayden W (2407) 
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7[B90]

UTD Turner GM Invitational 2013 Richardson USA (6), 11.03.2013

Position 1
White's king is exposed and black is poised to attack. How should black continue?

Black to Play


24.Re1

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