Time to bring the thread back on topic!

For some years it has been established that 9. ... d5 is the way to go for black, but there is an interesting comment from Chris Ward at the ChessPub Dragon update.
Unfortunately I'm neither a subscriber nor can I find the score of Zecevic-Feletar anywhere. 
Could someone post the plain game score, or would that be a violation?
Alternatively I also would be content with a reference in which tournament the game was played.

Paddy wrote on 12/11/06 at 16:53:07:


Hard to argue with u there Paddy, this Hyper Accelerated Dragon line does deserve a separate thread, and I see that Frendo has already taken the initiative in that respect, so I will respond there accordingly.

Toppers   

This thread has veered way off topic (apparently since Frendo's post of 3rd December). 

A new thread please!

On topic, perhaps we should be looking more closely at 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 as played Scholar and ... Charbonneau!

Dragonslayer wrote on 12/09/06 at 17:50:48:


Ok since you insist on being shown why the dubious desigination is justified after 3..c5?!, I will attempt to do so with the aid of a couple of illustrative games and sample analysis:


[Event "III Open"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Gonzalez Arribas,V"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3
Qa5 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. Qb4 Qc7 8. Nf3 (8.Bb5!+/= - OFWATA) Nc6 9. Qa4
Ne5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qa3 bxc5 12. Bxc5 d6 13. Nxe5
dxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. f4 Nxe4 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Bxe4
Bxe4 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. c4 f6 20. g4 Be6 21. Nd3
Rc8 22. g5 Bxc4 23. gxf6 exf6 24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Nf2
Kg7 26. Ne4 Bd5 27. Nd6 Qe6 28. Nxc8 Bxh1 29. Nd6
Rd8 30. Nf5+ Qxf5 31. Rxd8 Qxf4+ 32. Kb2 Qb4+ 33. Qxb4
cxb4 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Rxa7 f5 36. Kb3 f4 37. Kxb4
Be4 38. Kc3 g5 39. Kd2 Kh5 40. Re7 Bf5 41. a4
Kg4 42. a5 Bc8 43. Rxh7 Kf3 44. Rc7 Bh3 45. Rc3+
Kg2 46. Rxh3 g4 47. Ra3 f3 48. a6 1-0



[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Dougherty,M"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3
Nf6!? 6. e5 (6.Bh6!+/- - OFWATA) Ne4 7. Bc4 Nxc5 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. O-O
Ne6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. f4
a6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb3 b5 17. Bd3
Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rc8 21. Rad1
Ng7 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxa6 Rxc2 25. Qxc2
Qxa6 26. Bc5 Qc6 27. Rc1 Ne6 28. Be3 Qxc2 29. Rxc2
O-O 30. a4 Ra8 31. Ra2 Nc7 32. a5 Nd5 33. Kf2
Ra6 34. Bd2 Kf8 35. g4 e6 36. Ra3 f5 37. gxf5
gxf5 38. Ke2 Nc7 39. Rb3 Nd5 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. Rb8
Kf7 42. Rc8 d6 43. exd6 Rxd6 44. Ke2 Ra6 45. Rb8
Kg6 46. Rb3 h5 47. Kd3 h4 48. Kd4 Kh5 49. h3
Rc6 50. Ra3 Nc7 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Ke2 Ra6 53. Ra1
Nd5 54. Kf3 Nf6 55. Be3 Ne4 56. Ke2 Kg6 57. Bd4
Kf7 58. Bf2 e5 59. fxe5 Ng5 60. Bxh4 Nxh3 61. Kf3
Kg6  1-0




[Sample Line - OFWATA]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[White "Toppy"]
[Black "Toppy"]
[Round ""]
[Result "]
[WhiteElo] 
[BlackElo]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2
Qxc5 6. Nd5 b6 7. Bb4 Qc6 8. Bb5 Qb7 9. Qf3!
Bxb2 10. Bc3 Bxa1 11. Bxa1 f6 12. e5 e6 13. exf6
Nh6 14. Qa3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Nf7 16. O-O exd5 17. Nd4
Nfe5 18. Re1 Kd8 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe7+ Kc7 21. Ne6+
Kb8 22. Qd6+ Qc7 23. Qxc7# 1-0

The above lines I believe are the most testing for black to meet, and as far as I can tell he faces a very unpleasant defensive task.

Toppylov  

I had thought Black was OK, after 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nd5!, because of some old analysis I'd seen of 6...Na6 7.Bc3 Kf8!?.  However, looking through a database, it seems that 7.Bc3 isn't the strongest move and Black's position is rather unpleasant.  Probably, Black should avoid this variation and try one of the other options (3...cxd4 or 3...Bg7 4.dxc5 Bxc3+) if he wishes to meet 2.Nc3 with g6.

I suppose I've lead us a little off topic but these move order issues can be important to Dragon players so it doesn't bother me much.

In variation "a" after 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7 (Fritz suggested 8...Qd4!?) 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Bb5 Bg7 11.Be3 0-0 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Bxc6 bxc6, Rowson has written, "In this case White does seem to a slight edge...".  Doesn't look terribly frightening though.

In variation "b" White does have the option of 8.fxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Qe3 Nb4 10.Kd1 which also may give him a slight edge, although as usual I'm not really sure.

In variation "c" 6.Qa4 is stupid with Nc3 instead of Nf3 so your 6.Qf4 looks right and after 6...Nh5 then maybe 6.Qe4 with a position I'm not sure about (surprise).  Perhaps you've looked into enough to know Black is OK here.

Also after 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5 (4...Bxc3+ looks like a decent try to unbalance the position) 5.Bd2 Qxd5 6.Nd5 is a known line that is fine for Black if he knows what he's doing.

All in all I agree that 2...g6 is a very playable option after either 2.Nf3 or 2.Nc3 and one that White isn't likely to be as well prepared for.   

Yeah, after I posted that I remembered that 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 might be a better way to achieve the Dragadorf without allowing the GPA with 2...d6, however I still have a few concerns.  I'm not Black has nothing to fear from 3.d4 cxd4 (3...Bg7 is certainly playable but you also have to be comfortable with the Benoni after 4.d5 and know how to handle 4.dxc5) 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bb5, 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Ng8 7.Qe4 or 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4.  All of these variations have their sting and I'm not sure I wouldn't rather just play 2...d6 if my intention was to play the 
Dragadorf.  I suppose it may come down to a matter of taste.