You could have played d6 instead of c5. Followed by a6 and then b5. Get the book "Tiger's modern. There is a chapter in the book called "The Flexible Dragon."
Avoiding the Sicilian Dragon
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This move order for black has recently become popolar after the publication of a book called "the sniper" which advocates this setup.
W has really several possible options apart entering a dragon:
-4.dxc5 is not bad at all, 4...Bxc3 5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Qb4! is thought to give W a slight plus. The author of the mentioned book played a correspondence game on chesspub to defend his wiew that B has easy equality in this line, but W won the game convincingly. A 2700+ GM opinion on the position after move 11 was "Pleasant for W, but is a strange position indeed".
-4.d5 trasposes to the slightly offbeat shmidt benoni: this is considered a safe route to a slight edge for W, even if B position is solid and playable. B has less counterplay than in an usual benoni.
madhatter5 wrote:
I need a way to avoid the Dragon from a Modern defense move order.
And I was almost forced to play an open sicilian. (I could have played dxc5, but I don't like the looks of it.) The problem is, I play the closed sicilian. HELP!The Dragon setup is actually the best way to handle the Closed Sicilian. So you should forget playing the Closed Sicilian in this situation.
The main issue with the Closed Sicilian against Black Bishop fianchetto is because the c-pawn is obstructed by the Knight (Nc3). To solve this, and fortunately you have the tempo, you should do Nc3 after c4. So it will look like this:
I need a way to avoid the Dragon from a Modern defense move order. I recently played a game that went:
And I was almost forced to play an open sicilian. (I could have played dxc5, but I don't like the looks of it.) The problem is, I play the closed sicilian. HELP!