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Pawn to g4, Storm the King

Najdorf 6.Bg5 Mainline 9.O-O-O Nbd7 · sung from White's side

Verse 1

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

Pawn to d4, knight takes d4 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4

Knight to c3, bishop to g5 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5

Pawn to f4, queen to f3 6...e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3

Castle long, his knight to d7 8...Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7

My king on c1, the race is on

Chorus

Pawn to g4, bishop takes f6 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6

Pawn to g5, pawn to f5 11...Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5

His pawn on e6 feels the fire

My pawns on f5 and g5 climb higher

Verse 2

Rook to g1, knight to e2 13...0-0 14.Rg1 b4 15.Nce2

He plays e5, pawn to f6 15...e5 16.f6

My pawn on f6 bites e7

Retreat too slow and he breaks through

Chorus

Pawn to g4, bishop takes f6 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6

Pawn to g5, pawn to f5 11...Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5

His pawn on e6 feels the fire

My pawns on f5 and g5 climb higher

Bridge

The sharpest fight the masters rate

My king on c1, his on g8

His b-pawn runs, but I hold more space

Queens stay on, I set the pace

Chorus

Pawn to g4, bishop takes f6 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6

Pawn to g5, pawn to f5 11...Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5

His pawn on e6 feels the fire

My pawns on f5 and g5 climb higher

Outro

Pawn to g4, hear the call 10.g4

My f-pawn marches, e6 must fall

The whole song is one idea: castle long, then run the g- and f-pawns at e6 and his king before his b-pawn gets to yours.