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My Bishop Lives on b3

Najdorf 6.Bc4 with ...b5 · sung from White's side

Verse 1

I castle short, he plays bishop e7 8.0-0 Be7

Queen to f3, his queen to b6 9.Qf3 Qb6

Bishop to e3, his queen to b7 10.Be3 Qb7

Queen to g3, he pushes b4 11.Qg3 b4

Knight to a4, his knight to d7 12.Na4 Nbd7

Chorus

Pawn to e4, knight to f3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Pawn to d4, my knight takes d4 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

Knight to c3, bishop to c4 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6

Bishop to b3, he pushes b5 7.Bb3 b5

My bishop eyes e6, I'm alive

Verse 2

Pawn to f3, he castles short 13.f3 0-0

Rook to d1, the half-open d-file 14.Rfd1

Not bishop h6, don't rush the sport

His knight to h5 makes my bishop fall

Chorus

Pawn to e4, knight to f3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Pawn to d4, my knight takes d4 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

Knight to c3, bishop to c4 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6

Bishop to b3, he pushes b5 7.Bb3 b5

My bishop eyes e6, I'm alive

Bridge

The centre is open, knives are out

My bishop on b3 blocks his b-pawn

Three games in five bring a winner out

Chorus

Pawn to e4, knight to f3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Pawn to d4, my knight takes d4 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

Knight to c3, bishop to c4 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6

Bishop to b3, he pushes b5 7.Bb3 b5

My bishop eyes e6, I'm alive

Outro

Bishop to b3, he pushes b5 7.Bb3 b5

My bishop eyes e6, I'm alive

Hum the chorus twice and the whole Sozin-Najdorf setup is yours: the bishop lands on b3, the queen swings f3 to g3 at g7, f3 shores up e4, the rook takes the half-open d-file — and the one thing never to rush is the bishop to h6, because the knight hop to h5 wins it outright.