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Dec 8, 2009
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Would you take this variation? If so, why?

Dragon Variation: 5...g6

Chess zhor 22.png
Chess zver 22.png a8 rd b8 nd c8 bd d8 qd e8 kd f8 bd g8 __ h8 rd Chess zver 22.png
a7 pd b7 pd c7 __ d7 __ e7 pd f7 pd g7 __ h7 pd
a6 __ b6 __ c6 __ d6 pd e6 __ f6 nd g6 pd h6 __
a5 __ b5 __ c5 __ d5 __ e5 __ f5 __ g5 __ h5 __
a4 __ b4 __ c4 __ d4 nl e4 pl f4 __ g4 __ h4 __
a3 __ b3 __ c3 nl d3 __ e3 __ f3 __ g3 __ h3 __
a2 pl b2 pl c2 pl d2 __ e2 __ f2 pl g2 pl h2 pl
a1 rl b1 __ c1 bl d1 ql e1 kl f1 bl g1 __ h1 rl
Chess zhor 22.png
Dragon Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

In the Dragon Variation, Black fianchettoes a Bishop on the h8-a1 diagonal. It was named by Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky in 1901, who noticed a resemblance between Black's kingside pawn structure (pawns on d6, e7, f7, g6 and h7) and the stars of the Draco constellation.[37] White's most dangerous try against the Dragon is the Yugoslav Attack, characterized by 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6, when both 9.0-0-0 and 9.Bc4 are played. This variation leads to extremely sharp play and is ferociously complicated, since the players castle on opposite wings and the game becomes a race between White's kingside attack and Black's queenside counterattack. White's main alternative to the Yugoslav Attack is 6.Be2, the Classical Variation.