The Maroczy bind is bad against accelerated Dragon

The Maroczy bind is bad against accelerated Dragon

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Hello fellow chess players,

By now you have heard not to play the accelerated dragon because of the Maroczy bind, if you have been playing very long.

Today I am going to show you a novelty that gives black equality and some trap lines, for instance there is a mate in 18 moves trap that I did in one of my games. Even though I lost (my opponent sacked to stop mate)  I was up +5 according to the computer. Here is the move that is a novelty.

6... Qb6 is the novelty, if white doesn't know what he is doing black will win. 

Now that you know how to play against the Maroczy I hope you try it in your games. I will release some more theory soon but I am about to make a series on pawn structures, but until next time, thankyou!