love it!

very well put together, really open  my head.

Very good lecture , thanks

Just for the record, After ...Qc7 (along the mainline) there Nd5 is pretty good system, that gives white some small endgame advantage, and Robby Adamson played this against me as well. However, as the mainline goes with h4 and h5 immediately, blacks play is completely refuted. I am convinced that after ...Nxd4 black is basically lost.

Nobody plays ...Nxd4 at the top level anymore, which is why all the GM games found in that database do not all contain the refutation.

simply h4, and h5 for black followed by Bd3! leaves black hopeless.

Cheers

Well done, from beginning to end. I rearly play with or against the Dragon but I've leant a lot of positional chess stuff and I love positional chess so I really did enjoyed this video very much. 

Great video, Mark really does a good job teaching!!

This was the best video I've seen here so far. Thanks!

Btw, in the position at 17:10, isn't Rxh5 the best?

Superior lesson with someone that can really teach.......!

great

ok ok i ran it took like ten minutes and it does say kg7 it slightly better.but says Rg8 is even better.Rg8(1.51)kg7(1.80)Nc5(2.08) all favoring white.Thx for the talking me threw that.I guess i just saw the simple Nc5 for complication but it is much more deeper than i could forsee.WoW that really helped alot.Thank you very much!

let me start over.Nc5 attacks Q and attacks several key squares.(after Qd3) so the plan of bringing rook to e6,gone and planning to move f5,for now,gone

No not after Re1..i stick the moving it Right after Qd3.

maybe i am crazy

especially after Re1 was played it forks the Rook and Queen and also opens protection on e7.

it forks the Q and the R

I would like to believe its not the best move after Qd3.But after i made my calculations i doubted also till i ran it threw rybka..it came out the same as me.I just think its more active and it does pose some immediate threats.

Dreadshadow:  current theory in the vast majority of games has black playing Rfc8.  Black wants both rooks to "attack the white king", but you see how after Rc1 for white the black rooks are huddled uselessly.  White's accurate treatment made it look silly.

myrook:  Nc5 is not a scare move, take a look.  It's not stable there and white can build up unimpeded.

no need to move the king out of the way..Qd3...Nc5

After Qd3 then Nc5! funny how this is not mentioned