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Yes a6 is better and black is fine

The only Dragon so far in Gausdal is a dragon with the king in the middle. An intresting game where both players made blunders.

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stefan Bromberger"]
[Black "Lars Karlsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Bragesjö,Tomas"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 $5 9. O-O-O $1 h5 $5 10. Bc4 $5 Ne5 11. Bb3
Rc8 12. Bg5 a6 13. Rhe1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. b3 Rc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Ng8 $5
) 17. exd5 O-O $5 (17... f6 18. Bf4 Rxd5 19. c4 Re5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 {
and black has good compensation but white is never the less better}) 18. Bxe7
Qc7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Kb1 {perhaps little in accurate} (20. Qe3 Rxd5 21. c3) (
20. Kb2 Rxd5 21. c3) 20... Rxd5 21. Qe3 Kg8 22. Rd3 (22. c3 b5 {
is Fritz preferens}) 22... b5 23. Qd2 a5 24. h3 $5 (24. c3 a4 (24... b4 25. c4
Rc5) 25. b4 Qc4) 24... h4 $5 (24... b4 $5 {
was a better move accordning to Fritz, but white is never the less better} 25.
g4 Qd8 26. Re4 (26. gxh5 Rxh5) 26... Qh4 27. gxh5 Qxh5) 25. Re4 Bf6 {after a fe
w minutes Fritz changed hes mind and thinks that white is only slightly better}
26. Ne2 $2 {
white suddenly makes a mistake and the position is suddenly completly equal}
Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc6 $2 {in time trouble black returns the favor!} (27... Bf5 $5
28. Qxb5 Bxe4 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qxe4 Qc5 {and the position is equal}) (27... Qc5
$1 28. Qe3 Qa3 29. Nd4 Qc5 30. c3 d5 {and the position is equal}) 28. Rf4 $2 {
is time trouble white makes a new mistake} (28. Nf4 {and white is better} Qc5
29. Qe3 Qa3 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Qc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kxc1 d5 33. Re1 b4) 28... Bg5 29. Qd4
a4 $2 {both players are short of time so black decides to attack} (29... Bxf4
30. Qxf4 Qd5 31. Qxh4 Qd1+ 32. Nc1 Bf5 33. Qf2 b4 {adn white is slighly better}
) 30. Rxh4 Bxh4 31. Qxh4 Bf5 (31... a3 $1 {offers more hope}) 32. Qd8+ (32. Nd4
Qb6 33. b4 a3 {and white is better}) 32... Kh7 33. Nd4 Qc3 {a desperate attempt
} 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Nxf5 a3 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qh4+ Kg8
40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Kc1 g5 $2 (41... Qe3+ {is better} 42. Kd1 Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Qxg2+
44. Kc3 Qxf3+ 45. Kb4 Qe3 {but white should win in any case}) 42. Qe4 $1 1-0

Yes 10.Nd5 looks very dangerous ,but I think black still has good chances

I will just post some very quick (perhaps inaccurate) analysis that I made with my Fritz


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O h5 10. Nd5 Rc8 (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12.
h3 Rc8 13. b3!) 11. Kb1 (11. Bg5 $4 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 Qb6 13. Nd4 Nb4 $17) (11. Nb5
{threatening  Nxe7 } Nxd5 (11... O-O 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 $5 (13...
Na5 $6 14. c3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa6 $1 16. Na3 b5 17. Bd4 Nb7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+
Kg8 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 $14) (13... Ne5 14. Nxd6 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Qb6 16. Nb5
Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. c3 $14) 14. Nxd6 Qb6 $19) 12. exd5 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra4 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 $11) (11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Qe3 (16. g4 hxg4
17. fxg4 Rb8 18. h3 Qa5 $13) 16... Kh7 17. e5 d5 18. Bd3 Rb8 $13) 11... Ne5 12.
Nb5 {threatiening Nxe7} Nxd5 13. Qxd5 (13. exd5 a6 $132) 13... Be6 14. Qxb7 O-O
15. Nd4 Bc4 $44 16. -- Rb8 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Qa5 $19 *

This is (i suppose) .pgn-format. You can just copy this text into your Fritz [Ctrl+C ---> Fritz --->Ctrl+V]
If it doesn't work ,I'll post it as a normal text  later on.



dragon_x

If you meant 9 g4 Rc8 10 h4 h5 11 gxh5 Nxh5 12 Rg1 then Fritz 9 asses the position as slightly better for black, but that is Fritz....
You can not trust computers assesments of all lines.

First Fritz suggested after 12 Rg1 the reply Qb6 but after a few minutes is realices that black then only gets an academic advantage (-0.11) soo instead after 12 Rg1 simply Nxd4 13 Bxd4 Bh6 14 Be3 (else black simply plays e5 eg Qf2 e5 Bxa7 Rcx3 -+) Bxe3 15 Qxe3 Qb6 15 Qxb6 axb6 and black is better (-0,56) 

But if you meant the Tiviakov game and gxh5 istead of g5 (Fritz actuelly asses g5 Nh7 as better for white) then Fritz thinks completly equal (-0,05)

Quote:


In Martins book he says that this will probably transpose to Garcia - Tiviakov if black plays Rc8.

Blacks idea in this type of position is to often to play h5 against h4 meeting g5 with Nh7 - f8 - d7

When I analysed these kind of positions with Fritz 9 white only has a slight advantage. Blacks plan i often to lure white to advance his pawns and place a Knight on e5. The idea of delaying castling is to only castle when whites most dangerous options are removed. 

But I believe that if White plays the most accurate moves he should have a advantage in these type of positions. Some times the Knight should stay on c6 and sometimes a6-b5 is a weakness and not an attacking move. When I faced a low rated person on the Internet head simply played Bh6 at somepoint and i was forced to take on h6 och then sacrife on c3 in a position when my kings still in the centre and with only the Queen taking part of the attack meaning that white was winning but made a mistake an retreated his Queen so I got the chance to castle and got a good game.

I forgot one recent game, here it comes

[Event "Rilton Cup XXXV"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mårdell, Jimmy (SWE)"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars (SWE)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O h5 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h3 Qc7 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
g5 Nh7 16. Kb1 Nf8 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. b3 Qa6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Rf8 22. Ne3 e5 23. Qd5 Qc6 24. Rd3 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Be6 26. c4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Kd7
28. Rf1 b5 29. Kb2 b4 30. Rf2 Rf4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rf1 Rh4 34. Rh1
Rc7 35. Rh2 Rf4 36. Rh1 {%08DA} Rc3 37. Rxc3 bxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Rxf3+ 39. Kc4 Re3
40. Ra1 Rxe4+ 41. Kb5 Rd4 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. b4 e4 44. Ra3 Rxd5+ 45. Kc6 Rd3 46.
Ra8+ Kf7 47. b5 e3 48. Ra2 Rc3+ 49. Kd7 Rb3 50. Kc6 Ke6 51. b6 d5 52. b7 d4 53.
Kc5 Ke5 54. Ra7 d3 55. b8=Q+ Rxb8 56. Rxe7+ Kf4 0-1

I played the dragon for at least 5 years now and i'm quite happy with my results.I've been playing the 9....Nxd4 ,followed by 10....Be6 line (8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 ) for a long time now but my opponents begin to prepare against that variation and my results are becomig worse and worse.
That's very unpleasant for me and therefore i'm looking for some new ideas and untypical variations...
My latest "discovery" was  8....Bd7 9.0-0-0 h5?!? 

[1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O h5 !?]

The idea of this line is to stop the typical idea of white (i.e. g4+h4-h5xg6;Bh6 etc.) ,cos
the h6 square is protected by Rh8 & Bg7 ; g4 is not possible due to the h5 pawn . 
Black  delays 0-0 (h5 could be a weakness) and plays Rc8+Ne5-c4(Bxc4,Rxc4) ,followed by Qa5 or Qc7 in order to put pressure on c3 and a2 .He  can also advance his queenside pawns at some stage. Later on he can think about casteling and doubling rooks at the c-file.

It seems that white therefore has to attack in the centre (perhaps Be2 &Rae1 ,followed by f4 +e5.

I'm not sure about the evaluation of this line and i hope you can help me  


I would be happy if anyone can find some instructive games or theory in this line.I wasn't able to find any theory about it 

If youre interested i will post some of my own games (,but i'm really not a very strong player ; elo somewhere around 2000)