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The Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense chess opening being large to learn, on this page of chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com you can download a special PGN file on the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense. The following is more information on the Najdorf PGN file -- you can find the download link and more explanations about the file below.
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I. Sicilian Najdorf PGN File: About
As shown in the above picture, the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense starts with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 -- and using PGN files is a great way to learn chess openings and their many variations by replaying the PGN files via any PGN viewer program that can open and read the files.
The current Najdorf PGN file (its download link is below) includes 74 games on the Sicilian Najdorf variation. Of them: • 9 games were played by Bobby Fischer in 1956-1971; • 9 games were played by Garry Kasparov in 1994-2005; • 56 games were played by FIDE chess players rated 2250 and above.
The chess games were sorted by the playing lines of the Najdorf variation: • English Attack 6.Be3; • Main line 6.Bg5; • Najdorf 6.Be2; • Najdorf 6.Bc4; • Najdorf 6.f4; • Najdorf 6.g3; • Najdorf 6.h3. The games were analyzed by a computer program at the end of the opening phase.
To recall, the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense begins with the moves:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
II. Sicilian Najdorf PGN File: Download
To download the Sicilian Najdorf PGN file (from Google Drive), click the following link:
• Download Sicilian Najdorf PGN File, 61 KB
Note 1. The above file is to be downloaded from Google Drive. First click the above link to open, then click the download icon to download.
Note 2. To read the above PGN File and see chess games inside, you will need a PGN Viewer software. See Lesson 16, which explains how to download a decent freeware PGN Viewer Program.
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