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Dragon Win as White-Mistake or new theory?!

Submitted by gvanderford on April 9, 2012 4:50 AM.

Hello Everyone, This is my very first blog post so I hope a few of you out there will find it interesting and if it leads to some discussion of theory in the Dragon, great! I played this game earlier today in a small tournament in Ho Chi Minh City...Read more »

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