In case white avoids the Topalov line (...Nxd4 followed by...b5) with a weird move order, you should at lease know the following 2 ideas in the dragon

Game 1

Game 2

Now for the Topalov line. If white accepts the pawn sac, there is usually 13. ...b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 where white has the choice of 3 recaptures. You need to know what to do after each one

Game 3 - White recaptures with the Queen

Note: This Sac on b2 first happened in the history of chess in the game between Charles Tsai and Tyson Walker at the Brisbane Open. Although Tyson misplayed the follow-up (by doing a Natural Looking Qa3+) he ran the game through his computer, which confirm the sac actually does win.

Game 4 - White recaptures with the Bishop

Game 5 - White recaptures with the pawn

Note: This is the most fun line, but also the line with the most theory to remember

When white delays Bc4 for 9.0-0-0 instead

I already made a forum on this in excessive epicness.

Nudgee

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