The Sicilian Series - Accelerated Dragon

Start Date: Apr 13, 2012

Finish Date: Sep 1, 2012

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If you enjoy unbalanced, sharp, rich openings where black can equalize quickly if he plays correctly or get slaughetered even quicker if he doesn't know what he is doing, then this series of tournaments is for you. Practise your favourite openings in a competitive setting: play, learn, win!

 

Tournament No.1:

The Sicilian Series - Accelerated Dragon

The Accelerated Dragon features an early ...g6 by Black. An important difference between this line and the Dragon is that Black avoids playing ...d7–d6, so that he can later play ...d7–d5 in one move, if possible. Black also avoids the Yugoslav Attack, but since White has not been forced to play Nc3 yet, 5.c4 (the Maróczy Bind) is possible.