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Good question! The point of the Najdorf is indeed to prevent Bb5 so to allow e5! If you don't plan on playing e5, then Bb5+ is not an issue. Hence in the Dragon, no one plays 6.Bb5+. The other reason …

Yeah I've seen it spelt both ways. I guess I've always preferred the "o" spelling as it's closer to Dragon. Haha might be time for an update then! :)

You could still play your normal Dragon developing moves like Nc6, g6, Bg7, Nf6, 0-0.

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Hey! Yeah it published in 2023, but since it's an opening I've used a lot online, I have been updating it since then. Most recently when I was writing the blog! :)

I can see there have been 74 games played on the lichess 2500+ database, and I would imagine most of them were played by me! So in that case you can just look at the stats. At the moment it says 24% w…

Yeah it's definitely a high risk, high reward type of opening. Daniel played Be7 in his game, whereas I prefer Bg7. The main difference is trying to counterattack instead of trying to passively defend…

Yeah I've had a few games with Nd5. It's quite a common move due to a similar theme in the English Attack of the Najdorf. The main drawback is white will no longer be able to pressure our backward d-p…

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