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In this video we cover Rg1, the Freak Attack, white's least popular attacking option against the Najdorf Sicilian. Annotated Sicilian repertoires: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sicilian-defense-152926119? Here is what I use to build repertoires: https://chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Books on the Sicilian Defense: https://chessreads.com/sicilian-defense Practice the Sicilian repertoire for black: https://go.noctie.ai/sicilian-black The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense (B90 - B99) is one of the sharpest, most heavily analyzed and most fun openings in all of chess. It can lead to completely mental positions which not many humans can completely understand. White has 11 (!) different ways of fighting the Najdorf and I will cover each in a separate video. Today we're covering the Freak Attack, white's least common and most aggressive setup in which they play Rg1 and g4 and try to mate black with a swift kingside pawnstorm. 0:00 Introduction to the Freak Attack 01:12 Resources on the Freak Attack 04:46 Strategy of the Freak Attack 19:08 Theory of the Freak Attack against the Najdorf