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Yugoslav 9 0-0-0 & Intro (2 Viewing)
Yugoslav Attack [B75-B76] inc. 9 0-0-0 d5 Mainline [B76], 'Dragadorf' [B75], 9 g4 [B76], and Irregular [B75] Moderator: MNb
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 03/02/21 at 03:11:32In: Re: B76: Why is my move s... By: Bibs |
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Yugoslav 9 Bc4
Yugoslav Attack [B77-B79] inc. Chinese Variation [B77], Soltis Variation[B78] Moderator: MNb
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01/11/26 at 07:48:30 In: Karpov - Gik line By: Mikhail_Golubev |
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01/12/18 at 07:28:32 In: help me. By: petertohen |
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10/20/24 at 07:38:53 In: Re: classical 7.Be2 - win... By: Keano |
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Dragon Sicilians
Dragons and Accelerated Dragons [B27, B34-39 & B70-79] with GM Chris Ward (Moderator: MNb)
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Hungarian Dragon
The line goes 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 6 f3 h5!?
The idea is to met Qd2 with Nxd4 Bxd4 Bh6 eg Be3 Bxe3 Qxe3 Be6. I dont know if I would play it in Corrspo... Started 09/21/25 at 19:57:10 by bragesjo |
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09/29/25 at 16:54:44 By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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GM Gustafsson Chessable base
GM Gustafsson has a new Chessable course aggressiv 1 e4 for White. He gives for 9 000 yugoslav meeting d5 with Nxc6 bxc6 Bc4. Very interesting unexpolored line.
Started 07/16/24 at 14:21:05 by bragesjo |
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07/16/24 at 14:21:05 By: bragesjo |
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Chessable Dragon Course Wing attack Williams
I dont remember if we have discussed Chessable course The Sicilian Dragon : Wing attack? I created a Chessable acount recently and found this base.
The new idea is very provocate move order vs Y... Started 03/18/24 at 15:58:32 by bragesjo |
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06/08/24 at 09:41:33 By: bragesjo |
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Some conclusions about current state of Dragon
I have played several games now following Giris lines as base. This includes a several Correspondence games at ICCF and lots of Lichess games (including Lichess Bundesliga div 1) and a few over the bo...
Started 09/05/23 at 11:41:13 by bragesjo |
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10/15/23 at 13:50:05 By: kylemeister |
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Lifetime Repertoires: Dragon Sicilian
Anish Giri's Chessable course on the dragon landed today...I was unable to resist the nostalgic feelings from my youth and bought it. As Chessable are terrible at giving any indication of what the li...
Started 06/07/21 at 10:09:28 by Pantu (Ex Member) « Pages 1 2 all » |
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08/22/23 at 13:22:43 By: bragesjo |
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New Dragon DVDs by Ward
I noticed Ward made Chessbase DVD series about Dragon.
I am not up to date on Dragon theory. Anyone has it and can give comment about it? Looked hastly to compare Giris line vs Bc4 and ... Started 10/26/22 at 17:58:48 by bragesjo |
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10/28/22 at 10:45:21 By: RoleyPoley |
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New Dragon book
I noticed that Giri realised a new book about Sicilian Dragon.
The book is based on a online course not shure if anything is updated or not. I dont have the course. It appers that latest fas... Started 10/06/22 at 05:35:02 by bragesjo |
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10/11/22 at 07:49:18 By: bragesjo |
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Dragon repertoar by Marin from ModernChess
For those interested Marin made a new Dragon opening database for ModernChess. Some odd locking recommendatios like e5 vs Bd4 in 9 000 line.
Not sure I would trust the base, I will lose 2 rated ... Started 07/22/21 at 13:16:13 by bragesjo « Pages 1 2 3 all » |
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12/16/21 at 15:40:29 By: bragesjo |
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Accelerated dragon, Morra gambit tricky move order
Ok so I give the Morra the accelerated treatment by
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd 3.c3 Bg7 4.cxd d5. Essentially making it an Alapin. However when white delays the recapture on d4 what then? For ... Started 06/07/21 at 22:03:52 by helmet |
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06/08/21 at 00:45:19 By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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Re: Unorthodox approaches to avoid the Dragon
The Sicilian Dragon is an interesting and well-known opening. Some lines have been analyzed ad infinitum, which is why I do not play it. After all, why bother playing something that is too heavily ana...
Started 03/27/21 at 19:13:01 by Gambit |
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03/29/21 at 10:43:33 By: bragesjo |
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MNb combo Accelerated Dragon and Kalachnikov
MNb has for several years suggested to combine Accelerated Dragon and Kalachnikov. As I understand the idea is to enter Dragon if white plays Nc3 before d4 else play Kalachnikov . Do you think this co...
Started 03/12/21 at 07:52:16 by bragesjo « Pages 1 2 all » |
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03/27/21 at 19:16:12 By: MNb |
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Report from accelerated Dragon event
I played in thematial accelerated Dragon event at ICCF. The thematical move order was 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Bg7.
I will not post any games or give any names since they are secrect to ... Started 05/18/20 at 06:09:35 by bragesjo « Pages 1 2 all »  |
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03/16/21 at 18:41:16 By: bragesjo |
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Report from a Dragon thematical corr event at ICCF
The tournament did not go the way I was hoping for. I only won an a single game but I did not lose any games but did not reach semifinal.
The positive side is that I played 2 draws vs a corr SIM ... Started 02/06/19 at 07:58:19 by bragesjo « Pages 1 2 3 all » |
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12/06/19 at 03:18:50 By: MNb |
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Most Critical Non-Yugoslav Variation
Hi,
Lately I've been trying to switch from my old favourite c3 and Bb5 Sicilians to the Open (at least against 2...d6 and 2...e6). While I do intend for my main weapon against the Dragon to be th... Started 04/26/18 at 21:22:41 by fjd |
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05/04/18 at 08:52:18 By: fjd |
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9.0-0-0, 12.Bd4 recommendation
Hi guys, been out of the loop for a while in chess but looking to pick up where I left off. Was playing 12...e5 for a long time, but it appears to have fallen on hard times, and I've been dismantled a...
Started 03/03/18 at 15:32:15 by Bancrates |
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03/27/18 at 16:54:45 By: MNb |
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Carlsen v Jones, Wijk 2018
Annotated the game Carlsen-Jones for ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/tata-steel-chess-round-8
Started 01/22/18 at 09:41:35 by Mikhail_Golubev |
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02/01/18 at 01:08:32 By: Keano |
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New Dragon book
Today I discovered a Dragon book never discussed at this forum.
"The Fighting Dragon: How to defeat the Yugoslav Attack" by Paul Powell. The book is probebly written from blacks point of vie... Started 12/07/17 at 10:19:20 by bragesjo |
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12/13/17 at 12:47:46 By: bragesjo |
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The refutation of Dragadrof
Consider ths line
And compare to this line bellow. I won a corr game in line bellow but I am not going to post it here since black went wrong early on. . [pgn] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.? Started 11/30/16 at 17:32:20 by bragesjo |
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12/01/16 at 20:20:56 By: NegiRefutes - Ex Member |
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9.Bc4 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6
Throughout the years I have understood that a knight on e5 is always needed. It defends the kingside an is ready to attack on the queenside. White looks for a positional way to put pressure on black's...
Started 09/26/16 at 14:50:02 by XChess1971 |
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09/27/16 at 15:24:14 By: MNb |
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