Opening · played as Black

Sicilian Najdorf

The sharpest scoring weapon in chess: ...c5, ...d6, ...a6 and a fight in every line. English Attack, Bg5, Be2, Bc4, the big White tries, met head-on.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
Black
Variations covered
50

The main line

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7

Some of the variations

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.

Open Sicilian Najdorf