Sicilian Najdorf VS Sicilian Dragon ??

I Normally Tend To play najdorf variation of sicilian as i am afraid to face yugoslav attack !! anyways, whats better theoretically ??

The najdorf has better win rates for black

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MIshraSanjeev17 wrote:

I Normally Tend To play najdorf variation of sicilian as i am afraid to face yugoslav attack !! anyways, whats better theoretically ??

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In a general comparison the Najdorf is much more flexible than the Dragon. The Dragon relies on a more rigid plan of the B at g7, the long diagonal a1-h8 and the half-open c-file. The Najdorf is a defense/offense that focuses on the thematic d5 square and a strategy of control of the center (d4,d5,e4,e5) focused on the thematic square

Najdorf is better.  It pains me to say that but Fischer's sac, sac, mate is a strategic (as opposed to with concrete variations like the Damiano) refutation of the Dragon.  Besides the mainline Najdorf is the best play in chess, which is why it's the most analysed to death opening:

The d5 square is terribly weak in the Dragon so Anderssen has a negative opinion on it too.  Still, Shirov has some nice games with it. 

It's not a refutation, but I think i know what you're saying.

Personally I would never want to play anything like the dragon or pirc. The yugoslav and 150 attack style of play i just so so easy for white, a 1300 could probably pressure a 2000 player with it, while black must find only moves to survive.

The najdorf is better than the dragon. If you want to play the dragon, play the accelerated or hyper accelerated dragon (the hyper is good to avoid the Bb5 lines) But if you play the accelerated lines you will have to learn how to play the Maroczy-bind.
 

I think its the marcozy that dissaudes people from the accelerated.

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This game proves nothing. White played too defensively, that is why black had quite a good game.

Black's counterplay is just way to slow, the only defensive idea black has is to play h5 at some point, but white still has a good game. (And the exchange sacrifice is often needed to get more counterplay.

I am not saying that white must win every game against the dragon with the yugoslav, but black often needs to find only moves while white's play is too simple, the same moves over and over again against about just every move. (g4-h4, g5-h5 hxg6 Bh6 etc..)

The dragon is two sides throwing their armies at the other king. Too many people on lower levels want to play the dragon and attack, but once they see white coming for them they try to deviate from well known plans and try to stop the oncoming attack. This fails. I see it a good bit on my level "Imma play the dragon and beat this fool". "OMG he knows the Yugoslav, do something different". They lose. But the people I play that are throwing down probably have a winning percentage against me. On these lower levels one is not better, but the dragon requires a different mindset. The Levinfish is fun against black also on our level because nobody knows it. Good way to pick up a piece.

I find white very easy to play against dragon. It's just yugoslav attack.. sometimes I like to take some time and do a3 Ba2 before I proceed with h4-h5. You gotta play alot riskier as black if you wish to win against the yugoslav attack.

The Dragon is a horrible opening. I can't understand why anybody would play it. White can choose to make the game tactical or an early endgame where he has all the chances. You need to be a very strong all around player to consider playing the Dragon and even then I can't imagine why you would play it. If you want tactical play the Najdorf, if you want an endgame play the Berlin, why give White the choice?

The dragon is better. By the way^^ please post a common line where a dragon game goes straight into an early endgame.

I can't. Whenever I try to post boards all that shows is the above image (that is unless it comes out properly this time). I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Oh, how strange. Okay, so I just went to a database and quickly dug that out. There are lots of ways in which either the Queens or almost every other piece comes off the board in the Dragon, or at least I think there are...

Je ne suis pas fan de la sicilienne mais j aurai plutot joué la variante dragon car à mon sens elle est trés solide ce qui permet aux Noirs d'avoir un "bouclier "

That line is interesting, although a couple of things;

9...d5 is known for being a little better than Nxd4, although Nxd4 is still played.

Additionally, instead of 14...Qxg5, b5! is a good possibility, as after Qxb5 Qc7, black maintains an attack and has opened up another line against white's king.