To mate the enemy King before they mate you.
What Are the Main Ideas of the Sicilian Dragon?
Other Sicilian defenses focus their pieces on the queenside but are very space constrained on the kingside and have limited pieces in that area to defend the king. The idea of the dragon is that by fianchettoing the bishop, black has more balanced play on both sides of the board. They are also less space constrained because the knight and center pawns can develop without worrying about getting in the way of the king side bishop.
The bishop attacks typical spaces for white's knights (and the rook) and forces them to be defended. Can be difficult for white to deal with pieces being threatened from multiple directions.
streetflame wrote:
Other Sicilian defenses focus their pieces on the queenside but are very space constrained on the kingside and have limited pieces in that area to defend the king. The idea of the dragon is that by fianchettoing the bishop, black has more balanced play on both sides of the board. They are also less space constrained because the knight and center pawns can develop without worrying about getting in the way of the king side bishop.
The bishop attacks typical spaces for white's knights (and the rook) and forces them to be defended. Can be difficult for white to deal with pieces being threatened from multiple directions.
Thank you so much! I was having trouble finding the main ideas of the Sicilian Dragon outside of not playing e5 and expanding queenside.
Sicilian Dragon overview...
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