The Dragon starts when Black plays 6...g6 in the Sicilian:

(The annotations were completely created by me so they may not be accurate.If you find any doubious annotation pls tell me.If you want to learn the accelerated dragon I suggest you check out this article written by Grakovsky: http://www.chess.com/article/view/sicilian-defence-accelerated-dragon).

In the Szabo-Botvinnik game Black can mate earlier by playing 25...Nef3#, something I have noticed after submitting the article.

(See move list for variations)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simaghin Variation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not a fan of the dragon b/c of the yugoslav for white. That can quickly ruin black's day :(

The Sicilian Dragon is a very strong defense that creates so much counterplay for black, I slightly prefer the Sicilian Najdorf though, I find it more stylish ;)

The game Rauzer, V - Botvinnik, M is amazing, thanks for that.

i would love to gain a better understanding how the dragon works as a defense and would also love to find out the main idea behind it if anyone can enlighten me as to get a better understanding of this defense i would be very greatful.