Why doesn't t he watch videos about lines against the Sicilian or message grand masters and at least try to get a response... It would be a better use of his time. It needs years and years of practice.
Learn to walk before trying to perform a gymnastic backflip. Once amateurs like myself and him understand this simple concept the learning process gets a lot easier. He has even hinted in his subject line that queenside castling is a blunder so watch videos for hundreds of hours before you finally understand the lesson...
Learn the basics before studying advanced concepts!
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I wouldn't have put it as bluntly nor as rudely as jengaias, but I agree with what he is trying to say. Speaking as a huge lover of the sicilian dragon, it is so hard to even play the standard lines because there are so many move variations to think about; unless you can fully appreciate the beauty of the standard lines/theory (something that can only be grasped at the higher levels of chess), creating novelty variations seems rather moot. At your level of play (1400ish), you really aren't good enough to create viable novelty moves, especially in a sharp opening like the sicilian dragon (or accelerated sicilian). (X_Player buddy... of course he won't disprove it, do you have any idea how long it would take to explain the accelerated dragon? That's like a day-long lecture for the average player and an even longer one for pro players)
But while we are on the topic of queenside castling for black (especially if white castles kingside), it seems rather silly to do so. From my perspective, you seem to be castling on a very vulnerable side where 1-2 of your queenside pawns are likely out of position already or traded. Furthermore, considering that I'd still try to focus my attack on breaking white's queen side (since my fianchettoed bishop is facing that direction), I want to activate my king side rook to the queen side. Castling king side is the easiest, not to mention safest way to do so.
Meh, I'm not an expert on sicilian dragon so don't take me too seriously.
Do not confuse what was said.
I wrote a few posts on this thread.
When I first came to this thread I asked the OP a question.
The question I have for you is why do you want to castle queen side in the Accelerated Dragon?
Do you have any underlining idea associated with castling queen side?
I wanted to hear the OP out.
Which was not done by any one except for me in this thread.
The OP said the following statement.
Good question X_PLAYER_J_X. I was thinking about combat sports such as MMA and boxing where the southpaw fighter often has an advantage because most fighters are orthodox and are accustomed to fighting other orthodox fighters. It seems like the analogy can be made that kingside castling is typically considered to be more "orthodox". I wanted to work on gameplans with queenside castling to exploit this tendency. I've also reading Lorin D'Costa's book "Who Dares Wins!" which details several games where players castle on opposite sides and those games were all quite dynamic and exciting. With that in mind, I thought the accelerated dragon was a good fit because of 1. c5 2.Nc6 could be used to set up a fianchetto on the queenside quickly and then castle on the same side. However, it would seem one would have to play a variation of it in order for it to work properly.
People on this thread dismissed the OP's with out even hearing him.
The OP is looking for a more combat MMA/ Boxing line which is why I responded with the below statement:
If impaler42 wants more opposite side castling because he feels like having more aggression in his games.
Than frankly I think he should consider changing his line.
I believe the Sicilian Dragon would be a better fit.
Opposite side castling happens 90% of the time in the Sicilian dragon.
Thanks to the Yugoslav Attack which is the mainline.
It turns into a tactical slugg fest were the goal of winning is decided on who can checkmate the opponents king the fastest.
The Accelerated Dragon was made/designed as a way of reducing those aggressive types of position's.
It is considered to be slightly more positional in nature.
Bascially Sicilian dragon players who get tired of the tactical slugg fest of the Sicilian Dragon often seek out playing the Accelerated Dragon.
After which I was insulted. The reason jengaias can not disprove me is not because it would take up to much time!
Jengaias can not disprove me because he can't disprove a post which ask only questions
and
he can't disaprove a post which gives the OP suggestions
lol
I have played both the black and white sides of the Sicilian Dragon.
I have also played both the back and white side of the Accelerated Dragon.