Hi,Mr.Ward! I would just like to draw your attention to a recently played game of mine in which I managed to beat an International Master in the Classical Variation.
Here it is:
Afek(Israel;2371) - M.Arounopoulos(Germany;2181), Bethune 2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5
(the system championed by Karpov in the late seventies)
Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Nd5
(I have also had an encounter with the alternative 12.Na4, the game Diaz-M.Arounopoulos, Aachen 1986 went 12...Qc7 13.e5 de5 14.fe5 Nd7 15.e6 Nde5!? 16.ef7 Kh8 17.Nac5 a5 18.Kh1 a4 19.Nd2 Nf3 20.Qf3 Ra5! 21.Nce4 Nd4 22.Qf2 Ba6 23.Rfd1 Rf5 24.Qh4 R8f7 25.c3 bc3 26.bc3 Ne6 27.Re1 h6 28.Bh6 Bh6  0-1) 
12...Nd5 13.ed5 Na5 14.Re1 Re8
(a novelty?, I was at the time of playing the game not aware of the encounter Ciric-Petursson,San Bernardino 1991 where the second player continued with 14...Qb6) 
15.Rb1 Nc4 16.Re4 Qc7 17.Qe2 Nb2 18.Re7 Re7 19.Qe7 Bd7! 20.Qe2 Bb5?! 
(better was 20...Qb6,I presume)
21.Qf2 Bc3 22.Nd4 Qc4 23.Bf6 Re8 24.h4 Qa2 25.Rc1 Qc4 26.h5 Bd4!? 
(I know, most Dragon players consider such a move as either an insult or even a sacrilege, but I had something in mind...)
27.Qd4 
(if the bishop takes back, 27...Nd3 wins the exchange)
27...Qd4 28.Bd4 Nc4 29.hg6 fg6 30.Kf2 Nd2 31.Bg4 Ne4 32.Kg1 Nc5 33.Nf3 Rc8 
(after having narrowly managed to protect his softest spot on e6 black starts probing white's weakness on c2)
34.Re1 Kf7 35.Rb1 a5 36.Kf2 Na4 37.Be4 Nc3 38.Bc3 Rc3 39.Rh1 Kg7
(and not 39...h5? because of 40.f5!) 
40.Rb1 
(more tenacious would have been 40.Ra1 but after 40...a4 41.Rb1 b3 42.cb3 ab3 43.Ke1 Bd3 44.Bd3 Rd3 a rook ending arises with good chances for black) 
40...Ba4 41.Rb2 Kf6 42.Ke2 Bd7! 
(a nice touch: retreat and change of diagonal) 
43.Kd2 Bf5 44.Bf3 h5 45.Ra2 Rc5 46.Rb2 h4 47.Ra2 g5 48.fg5 Kg5 49.Be2 Be4 and after this aesthetic last move (black's bishop attacks every single white pawn) Yochanan Afek resigned.
My first ever win over an International Master and that with my beloved Dragon!
Kindest regards
M_Arounopoulos