Garry Kasparov: How to play the Najdorf - A ChessBase Classic!
Between 2004 and 2007, 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov recorded a large 3-volume Najdorf video course. ChessBase is publishing this great classic in a complete edition in the current ChessBase Media format. Learn from this classic of chess! The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black. It is an opening where people often strive for a full point, instead of simply defending the position with the black pieces. Many great players have contributed to the development of this complex opening. There were two world champions who formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1.e4: Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov celebrated spectacular successes with it. Photo: ChessBase
How to play the Najdorf
By Garry Kasparov
Both players used the Najdorf during their child prodigy years and retained it as an important part of their repertoire during their entire careers. For Garry Kasparov this added up to experience with the Najdorf at the very highest levels of chess. For chess amateurs and professionals alike it is a great moment when the world‘s leading expert shares all the secrets in his favourite opening.
In this video course Garry Kasparov introduces the various sub-systems of the Najdorf, including the central “Poisoned Pawn” variation. Furthermore he devoted a chapter to the main lines against 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4. This includes the legendary Polugaevsky Variation. Last but not least In Kasparov examines the move 6.Be3, which is today considered the main line in the Najdorf System.
The development of each line is placed in historical perspective and examined in great depth, with Kasparov‘s characteristic intensity. More than two 9 hours of first-class private tuition.
• Video running time: More than 9 hours
• Extra: Database with relevant Najdorf games & Training with ChessBase apps - Memorize Kasparov’s opening repertoire
System requirements
Minimum:
Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet connection for program activation.
Recommended:
PC Intel Core i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX 11 graphics card with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet connection for program activation.
MacOSX
Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10
Streaming
iPad, Tablet, Desktop, Laptop etc.
About Garry Kasparov
born on the 13th April 1963, was the 13th world champion in the history of chess (according to the FIDE version from 1985-1993 whereas it was generally acknowledged that he was such till 2000). From 1.1.1984 till his retiral (2005) Kasparov was almost uninterruptedly the number one in the world ranking list and even his rivals would describe him as the player with the most universal understanding of chess of all time. With his dynamic style, Kasparov had an epoch-making influence on the development of tournament chess at the end of the 20th century. After the early death of his father (who was of German descent) Kasparov's Armenian mother Klara had the family name Weinstein changed to the Russified form of her maiden name. Kasparov followed the typical route for talented young Soviet players through the famous Botvinnik school and lived until 1990 in the Azerbaijani city where he was born, Baku. When things became too dangerous for him there because of political unrest, he moved in 1990 to Moscow and took Russian nationality.
The basis of Kasparov's exceptional position in chess was extraordinary talent combined with hard work, enormous will-power and a boundless memory. He himself once characterised his style as "a combination of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer". Equipped with wide and extremely deeply thought-out opening repertoire, extraordinary intuition and just as extraordinary a gift for combinations the young Kasparov strode from victory to victory and qualified in 1984 as the challenger for the final of the WCh against Anatoly Karpov. The match was abandoned after 48 games, and Kasparov won the re-run of the match (now limited to 24 games) by 13:11. He defended his title in three further very close matches against Karpov, twice by 12.5:11.5 (1986 and 1990), once 12:12 (1987). In 1992 the charismatic champion quit the world chess federation FIDE, founded his own federation, the Professional Chess Association (PCA), and twice defended his title in majestic fashion (in 1993 against Nigel Short and in 1995 against Viswanathan Anand). After the dissolution of the PCA the next WCh match did not take place till 2000 under the aegis of an organistaion called Braingames. Surprisingly Kasparov, who totally dominated tournament chess during these years, lost to Vladimir Kramnik. In the years which followed Kasparov made efforts to obtain a return match or a new match against his compatriot, but without success. This circumstance, amongst others, led to the retiral of Kasparov from active competitive chess in 2005. Kasparov won most of the competitions in which he took part. The number of tournaments in which he did not achieve at least second place is tiny. With his series of victories in 1999 he built up a lead of 80 points in the Elo list; the rating of 2851 which he achieved has so far never been equalled, despite Elo inflation. Kasparov also set the standard as an author of chess books, with the greatest attention being earned by his series on the world chess champions "My Great Predecessors".