This month we present a lightly edited excerpt from Chess Evolution Newsletter #137. CEWN is released every Friday of the week, the newsletter contains twenty-plus pages of great chess material written by top grandmasters Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh. An Intuitive Exchange Sacrifice! by Csaba Balogh Caruana,F (2844) - Gelfand,B (2748) Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 Baku AZE (2.2), 03.10.2014 Najdorf Sicilian [B90] Caruana and Gelfand continue their thematic opening discussion in the Sicilian Najdorf defense. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 White avoids the 6.Be3 Ng4 variation and starts with the 6.f3 move-order. This one also allows an extra option … [Read more...]