1) Play Nc6 instead of Re8 and if he plays Bh6 his queen is overloaded.
2) The e7 pawn defends the potential weak point at d6, the central pawn mass with pawns e7, e6 and d6 is advantageous as is the f file for the rook.
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Apr 14, 2011
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Well 8. ... Re8 is a bad move indeed, you lose time with that move, it is better to develop your pieces here, since the position is quite sharp and your behind development
About second, it prepers d5, it can open the f file, and thats a good diagonal for the bishop :)
Apr 14, 2011
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But what about 8. ... Nc6 (takes, takes) and then Bh6? I still lose my Bg7 which I'm given to understand is a mistake.
It's not a mistake it happens very often in dragon, playing 8. ...Re8 is a waste of time and time is very precious in dragon.
If you want to save your Bg7 very badly then you should delay castling (I do that very often) and play h5.
Nbd7 is another bad move in dragon - your knight should be on c6 targeting d4 and then eventually going e5 and c4.
Qa5 is correct (Although Nc5 stands in a way now - normally Qa5 should defend h5 as well) but why did you move it to b6 in next move? That's another mistake.
Doubling rooks on 'c' file is another common practice in dragon.
All in all you were bit lucky that your opponent knew even less about dragon than you :). This system is very tricky while playing black and you gota be very careful - but on a lower level when you'll have a grasp of basic principles here you should have a lot of fun.
Good luck with it!
Cry_Wolf wrote:
But what about 8. ... Nc6 (takes, takes) and then Bh6? I still lose my Bg7 which I'm given to understand is a mistake.
Firstly takes takes gives you another central pawn to grip d5 for the crucial control and central break, secondly the b file is better than the c file for a rook, thirdly Bh6 lacks support for an attack by White - you have the option to sac the exchange if you really want to maintain the dark square supremacy or you could just change to plan B - its not always about the bishop in the dragon.
Apr 15, 2011
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#7
About the knight on d7, it isnt always bad there, in clasical dragon it is, in dragadorf it isnt ^^
Below is a game I played yesterday OTB G/105. I'm trying my hand at the sicilian dragon and I've foind very few books and articles on it that I can access for "free" (either here at chess.com with my diamond membership or elsewhere for free).
I threw this game into the chess.com analyzer and got interesting feedback, and I was hoping you guys could help me both with understanding the computer's comments and with my other questions.