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TalFan

Anyone play this variation of Sicilian . I was doing a little research , and it seems  it ha the least theory of all sicilians , however it is not played often . My question is what are some of the main "themes" of the opening , what are the main ideas for both sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit : This looks like a very informative article on the opening :

http://www.beginchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/openings_accel_dragon_research.pdf

demuxer
whats the dragon?
well_hung_pawn
I have never played it on the black side, but i have had it played against me, from what i saw it seemed pretty wild, giving both white and black some good attacking chances.  Unfortunately I am not exactly well versed in chess theory, but it seems to as if it should be thematicly similar to most sicilian lines Kingside attack for white queenside attack for black, also i think if you are going to use the system for black you should probably put you bishop in fianchetto before developing your kingside knight.
Fresh

Well, the elephant in the middle of this opening for black is that it allows the maroczy bind aka 5. c4 for white, which many black players find uncomfortable.  Personally, I dabbled with the Dragon but Fischer played the Najdorf, so I switched to follow the master.  As white, I find it more comfortable than some other lines because I enjoy 5. c4 and the positions that creates once both players castle kingside and the fight goes to the queenside.

BrooksJ
I do play this opening. It allows the maroczy bind but sidesteps the Rosolimo.  Lev Alburt's book Chess Openings for Black recomends this opening against 1. e4.  And since that was the first black opening book I purchases I have stuck with it.  I think I have had some success with it at my level.  Oddly, I don't see the bind to often. 
fischer-inactive
If played properly, it will just transpose back into standard Accelerated Dragon lines.
erikido23
fischer wrote: If played properly, it will just transpose back into standard Accelerated Dragon lines.

With the exception that black can play the d4 push without wasting a tempo.  This can be very useful if someone tries a yugoslav attack

Graw81

i play this opening and no way has it got the least amount of theory since it can transpose into maroczy bind and also normal accelerated dragon. I have particular good success with this line against the c3 sicilian and in another line if white decides to recapture on d4 with his queen, black also gets a good game if prepared.

this is particularly great against people who play a standard yugoslav attack set up as there is a trap with ...Nxe4 winning a pawn. works wonders against lower rated opponents.

i have beat people up to 2350 (on different site) using hyper accelerated dragon.

BrooksJ is correct about Lev Alburts book. This book is like a bible to me at this stage. Stick with it BrooksJ and you will see more marzocy binds although Lev and Dzindzi more than equip the black player for those lines =)

To TalFan, you can check out a game i played using Hyper Accelerated Dragon in my blog. It has commentary and some side variations too.
fischer-inactive
erikido23 wrote:

With the exception that black can play the d4 push without wasting a tempo.  This can be very useful if someone tries a yugoslav attack


Right, the Yugoslav is useless against the Accelerated.

 

The Maroczy Bind is the main test although Black is still theoretically fine, as we both know!  Smile


erikido23
fischer wrote: erikido23 wrote:

With the exception that black can play the d4 push without wasting a tempo.  This can be very useful if someone tries a yugoslav attack


Right, the Yugoslav is useless against the Accelerated.

 

The Maroczy Bind is the main test although Black is still theoretically fine, as we both know!  


I have beaten fischer with the hyper accelerated !! lol

VLaurenT

I play it occasionally.  I use it as a transpositional device to get into Accelerated Dragon set-ups while avoiding Bb5 sicilians. You can also go into some irregular lines, like GM Malakhov does.

However, if you play the hyper-accelerated, you have to decide how to deal with Maroczy set-ups (with c4), alapin-like set-ups (with c3) and specific lines such as 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4!? So it's not a very "economical" variation per se.

 


Smartattack
the yugoslav can be used against any version of the Dragon.
FerrusKG
As I know this variation gives white ability to play 3.d4 c5xd4 4. Qxd4 with some attack... I don't know if it is much better than other variations.
fischer-inactive
Smartattack wrote:the yugoslav can be used against any version of the Dragon.

Wrong. The whole idea of the Accelerated Dragon is to play d7-d5 using one tempo. Black does not have this luxury in non-Accelerated lines.

 

White can certainly try to play the Yugoslav against the Accelerated; the only problem is that he will lose every single time. 


VLaurenT
fischer wrote: Smartattack wrote:the yugoslav can be used against any version of the Dragon.

Wrong. The whole idea of the Accelerated Dragon is to play d7-d5 using one tempo. Black does not have this luxury in non-Accelerated lines.

 

White can certainly try to play the Yugoslav against the Accelerated; the only problem is that he will lose every single time. 


 Well, he will lose the opportunity to play his favourite set-up Wink


Graw81
hicetnunc wrote:

I play it occasionally.  I use it as a transpositional device to get into Accelerated Dragon set-ups while avoiding Bb5 sicilians. You can also go into some irregular lines, like GM Malakhov does.

However, if you play the hyper-accelerated, you have to decide how to deal with Maroczy set-ups (with c4), alapin-like set-ups (with c3) and specific lines such as 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4!? So it's not a very "economical" variation per se.

 


 correct! that actualy sums up hyper accelerated quite well. In my experience, most people seem to play straight into the yugoslav set up, or use c3 lines. More experienced players tend to use the maroczy bind or go into accelerated dragon lines. The 4.Qxd4!? line comes up very little and generally the people who play it will know little more than you about it anyway. i really favour the hyper accelerated dragon because neighter the e or d pawns are committed to a move so early... i used to play Najdorf but hated have pawns on both e6 and d6 (nightmare, i dont want to talk about it! hah)


fischer-inactive
hicetnunc wrote:

 Well, he will lose the opportunity to play his favourite set-up


True.....then he'll lose the game!  Laughing  <chuckle>


math_geek

guys,

leave this stupid forum

and go to my forum, the one for chess, computers and mathematics and very little physics. 


GreenLaser
White may not play the Yugoslav Attack (St George Attack to slay the dragon). If White aims for that, notice Black is not threatening Ng4 as long as White's queen is on d1. Also, if White gets in Bc4 before Black can play d5, the Yugoslav Attack can result with the Bc4 line instead of the 0-0-0 line.
erikido23
GreenLaser wrote: White may not play the Yugoslav Attack (St George Attack to slay the dragon). If White aims for that, notice Black is not threatening Ng4 as long as White's queen is on d1. Also, if White gets in Bc4 before Black can play d5, the Yugoslav Attack can result with the Bc4 line instead of the 0-0-0 line.

Not necessarily true on the n-g4 comment.  Of course depends on the position exactly but a lot of times if the knight at d4 has not been traded black can still play the ng4 because of the discovered attack on the d4 knight