Book excerpt: The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence continues to be extremely popular. Advocated by great fighting champions like Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, this flexible, wonderfully rich system offers one of the best ways for Black to play for a win. Young Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan has developed and successfully employed his very own attacking repertoire for Black in the Najdorf. In this book he points out ways to avoid the most dangerous white systems, such as the English Attack, and presents ideas for Black to fight for the initiative the start. Revisiting all major Najdorf battlegrounds, Andriasyan challenges accepted views and sheds new light on this great opening. In his search of new paths he has found a great number of radical improvements, resulting in a complete, surprising and punchy repertoire. After you have read and studied Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian, you will be ready and happy to take on 1.e4 players at all times! Book jacket.