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1random
How does white get an advantage after 9....Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6?
2random
varunrambharose
what if black plays rb7 in response to ba7 rather than going ra8
elbowgrease
I know he has a DVD for this
dzindzifan
Great video! I'm gonna watch part 2 and then watch them both again because there's a lot here!
wildsicilian
Interestingly, the original game with 9..d5 actually resulted in white losing because he played the endgame poorly, even though Roman says its totally winning for white. Learning from this is that end games can be extremely complex even at GM levels.
Danik1
minkman5052 your opponent played very poorly he does not fully now how to play the dragon
Phingerz
Thanks. Has halped a lot.
daneendly
After white plays Bxa7 instead of Ra8 why not Rb7??
Elubas
Really cool stuff. It's always fascinating to see a grandmaster play out, pretty much an entire game's worth of opening theory for a given variation, with such a high quality of moves. I've never analyzed the dragon, so it was interesting to watch the kind of play that can come out of it.
FM Michalczak
Great stuff
Gagandeep91
beat d dragon!
minkman5052
After white 9. o-o-o, how does one proceed if black plays 9...Ne5? I played 10. h4, but I think that 10. g4 might have been better. What do you think?
The game proceeded:
[Event "Live Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2010.07.20"][White "minkman5052"][Black "moh_nur"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1518"][BlackElo "1522"][TimeControl "5|0"][Termination "minkman5052 won by resignation"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 h5 11.f4 Neg4 12.Bg1 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bc4 e6 16.Be2 Nh6 17.Qe3 Nf5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Rxd8 1-0
saponaro
Speaking of which, the line he shows I actually play against Kb1, sweet, I was spot on.
Ive never lost a real tournament game in the dragon...it is unstoppable
KillaNinja
hehe beat the dragon
*bop*
phoenix214
Intresting to whatch for me as a dragon player. :D
General-Lee
In one game i played my opponent (rated around 300 points higher than me) played the dragon, but i was ready! After a slugfest he was up a WHOLE ROOK! But was lost! i had opened the infamous "h-file" for my queen, at first he was excited about his tacctics, but then realize after around a minute (it was a live game) that he was totally lost! THANK YOU FISCHER! (i learned of the h-file attack from fischer-larsen in "my 60 memorable games") oh ya, and great post! i might use that in a corr. game i'm playing right now!=)
jmcclure
This does not show that White is better - it shows that the position is complex and has a lot of twists and turns.
by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
The Dragon has seen a resurgence in the past couple years in the hands of dynamic young super-grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov. Most games at top level have focused on the 9.Bc4 mainline, but here GM Dzindzichashvili presents the results of extensive research with the program Rybka, demonstrating a significant white advantage in the 9.O-O-O variation.
Category: Openings Level: Advanced
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GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
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GM Dzindzichashvili was once one of the top players in the world. Born in Georgia, his chess first developed in the USSR. While still an International Master, he defeated opponents like Botvinnik and Bronstein before emigrating, first to Israel where he became a Grandmaster, and then to the United States. His accomplishments in the U.S. include two U.S. Championship first places, and one World Open. He has not played actively in tournaments recently, but has become even more famous perhaps in the U.S. for quality instructional materials, in particular chess videos!