Hyper Accelerated Dragon: White's Death By Simplification

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where is whites advantage?

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"... Personally I only play the Accelerated Dragon now in blitz games, IMO this is not a serious opening to play against strong opponents. Black's game is way too predictable and static. And- the critical test is the Maroczy, ..." - IM pfren (January 30, 2012)

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"... The main consideration for Black between choosing the 'normal' Dragon and the Accelerated Dragon is that White can employ the so-called Maroczy Bind against the Accelerated Dragon. This restraining setup ... ensures White a solid space advantage, but Black has a number of ways to deal with it. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2010)

"... the Maroczy Bind ... requires quite sophisticated positional understanding to play well. What I've noticed is that even if club players are aware of this line they tend to play it badly for White, ..." - GM Nigel Davies (2010)

"... overall the Accelerated Dragon remains a solid option for Black. ..." - GM John Emms (2009)

"2 [Nf3] g6 is an alternative route to the Accelerated Dragon ... Black steers clear of the Rossolimo Variation (2...Nc6 3 Bb5), but he has to be prepared for some other lines, most notably [3 d4 cxd4] 4 Qxd4 and 3 c3. ..." - GM Paul van der Sterren (2009)

"[The Hyper Accelerated Dragon is] not much better, or worse than the regular Accelerated Dragon. The c3 systems after 2...g6 is nothing to worry about, and the same goes for the 4.Qxd4 line. You do avoid Yugoslav attack mainlines with both systems (and there are several good ways to do that), but the major headache is (of course) the Maroczy." - IM pfren (January 19, 2018)
"Active plans against the Maroczy are quite risky, positonally- so Black has to meet white's clear space advantage with a lot of patience, and proper handling of the so-called 'dark squared strategy'. Most class players are not very good handling either of these requirements." - IM pfren (March 24, 2017)

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ty for the needed info, rly helpful for a 1... c5 low rated player

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I just learnt this opening and I have won a lot of games with it so I like this opening a lot