The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited - Volume 2 - by Jarmula (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you should just continue reading, for in the Bg5 Najdorf, it's every man for himself, and only the best informed and most creative resourceful player survive. The Bg5 variation gives White very dangerous attacking ideas, and Blacks really needs to know a precise defense to come out of this variation alive. This book provides weapons that are ideal choices for those who revel in forcing opponents into chaotic and uncomfortable positions.

Lukasz Jarmula, a player and writer of international caliber, will be your truthful guide!

Review Quotes

Just
how far theory has progressed can be seen in the fact that it takes Polish Grandmaster
Lukasz Jarmula's two
volumes and almost 800 pages to cover 6.Bg5. The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited is
divided into two parts with volume one covering 6...e6 including the traditional
main line, the Polugaevsky and Gelfand variations. Volume two is devoted to the
Poison Pawn variation and 6...Nbd7.

These volumes are written for both sides and the
author is objective in his assessments, not showing a bias for either color. This
book is well researched. Jarmala writes:
"My three most important sources were: Hiarcs 14zb Opening Book, an invaluable
tool which provided a tree of the variations based on high-level correspondence
and computer games; Parimarjan Negi's 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I - a modern
classic which hardly needs any introduction; and David Vigorito's Playing
the Najdorf: A Practical Repertoire, which is (in my opinion) the best book
on the Najdorf to date."

One nice extra in this book are exercises designed
to test the reader's understanding of the 6.Bg5 Najdorf. These help to give
life to what is a serious course of study. Those who want to learn the 6.Bg5
Najdorf will find these volumes invaluable even up to strong Grandmaster level.

IM John Donaldson, March 2022.