The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess Openings by William Aramil

Author:William Aramil
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: DK Publishing
Published: 2010-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

The Accelerated Dragon arises from the move order 1)e4 c5 2)Nf3 Nc6 3)d4 cxd4 4)Nxd4 g6. As you see, Black does not commit the d-pawn early so that the move d5 can be played in one motion. The idea can be seen in the following moves if White tries to transpose into the normal Dragon: 5)Nc3 Bg7 6)Be3 Nf6 7)f3 0-0 8)Qd2. Now Black can play 8)…d6, returning to the normal Dragon line, but it can be avoided by 8)…d5! challenging White in the center. Notice that Black has gained a move. Instead of playing d6 and then d5, Black can play d5 only using one move. Nevertheless, White should play 8)Bc4 to bring the d5 move to a halt. Here, Black plays 8)…d6, transposing into a perfectly playable line for Black while avoiding the 9)0-0-0 line.

So what is the ultimate verdict of the Dragon? It can lead to exciting games and is definitely an opening I can recommend all the way up to the master level. It remains very playable, but the Najdorf has overshadowed the Dragon.

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