sicilian dragon

Can you get into the dragon no matter what white plays, or can they make moves that force you to place a different type of the Sicilian?

No...

no to which one?

By the usual understanding of terminology, I do not think that it can be a Dragon if White does not do the e4, Nf3, d4, and Nxd4 thing.

ok if white plays e4 then c5 can you always get to the dragon after that is what I"m asking

By the usual understanding of terminology, I do not think that it can be a Dragon if White does not do the Nf3, d4, Nxd4 thing. I am just guessing, but perhaps you are wondering if a Dragon book will completely prepare you to play the 1 e4 c5 position. That does not seem likely.

Looking in MCO15 (from over a decade ago), I see the Dragon given as 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6. About half a century ago, I think that one might see 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be2 g6. These days, there are sometimes lines like 1 e4 c5 2 c3 g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 cxd4 d5 5 e5 that, I suppose, somebody might consider to be kinda Dragony, but my guess is that a book on the Dragon would not be of much help for Black in dealing with that last line.

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