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lines for white
e4 ...e5
Evans gambit
accepted Ba5
accepted Bc5, Be7 & Bd6
declined
2 knights defense
Petroff
Be7 lines
Bd6 lines
pirc defense
Austrian attack w/ ...5.0-0
w/ 5...c5
Modern defense
Alekhine defen... | Read More
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THE OPEN SICILIAN
The Yugoslav attack
9.Bc4
White plays h4 followed by h5
White plays h4 followed by g4
White plays Kb1
9.0-0-0
9.g4
The Classical Dragon
with Be3
with Bg5
with 9.Kh1,... | Read More
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The Classical Dragon
Under Construction
with Be3
with Bg5
with 9.Kh1, Re1 and f4 (from the 8.Nb3 move order)
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The Yugoslav attack: 10 ...Qa5
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
White plays h4 followed by h5
White plays h4 followed by g4
White plays Kb1
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The Vienna how i plan to play it
1.e4 ...e5 2.Nc3 ...Nf6 3.Bc4
3...Nxe4 / Frankenstein Dracula
3...Nc6 / King's gambit declined
3...Nc6 4.Na5
3...Nc6 4.Bb4
3...Bc5
3...Bb4
3...c6... | Read More
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The Closed and Anti Sicilians
(the lines i plan to play)
The Closed Sicilian
The Closed Sicilian is a positional way for white to avoid the theory and sharp positions associated with the Open Sicilian lines. Whit... | Read More
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The Sicilian Dragon Part 10: The Hyper Accelerated Dragon
The Hyper Accelerated Dragon is a Sicilian Dragon opening characterized by an early fianchetto with 2.g6. In the Accelerated Dragon Black chooses the move order 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 c... | Read More
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The Sicilian Dragon Part 9: The Accelerated Dragon an Introduction to The Maróczy Bind
The Maróczy Bind is the position that occurs after white seizes the opportunity to play 5.c4. The opening is exclusive to the accelerated dragon because whi... | Read More
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The Sicilian Dragon Part 8: The Accelerated Dragon with Nxc6
As is with most sicilians when white exchanges the knight on d4 for black's knight on c6 it doesn't pose a huge problem, it opens the b-file and gives black better control of the center... | Read More
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The Sicilian Dragon Part 7: The Accelerated Dragon with 5.Nc3
Although given the new options of playing the Maroczy Bind and the Nxc6 lines white often chooses to play as though they were facing the standard dragon with 5.Nc3. As i mentioned in t... | Read More