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Re: Svidler plays the Dragon
Reply #5 - 10/29/08 at 17:17:00
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Svidler has played an other Dragon game but this game was short and uniteresting.

Sicilian B76  Alekseev E.  - Svidler P.

Tie-break Russian Super Final (5.1) Moscow, 2008
 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Be6 1/2-1/2 
  
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Re: Svidler plays the Dragon
Reply #4 - 09/02/08 at 10:08:16
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Fianchetto is fully playable against most sicilians (including the Dragon if white answers Nc6 with Nde2) and can be used avoid latest theory.
  
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Re: Svidler plays the Dragon
Reply #3 - 08/31/08 at 10:27:41
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Fianchetto is a rare line.

"Fianchetto" in what opening ever may be the choice to play solid and avoiding theoretical discussions, but still with the idea to fight for the whole point with white. I've never tried it against the Dragon but when I am in a non-theoretical mood against the Najdorf - and not without success...
  
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Re: Svidler plays the Dragon
Reply #2 - 08/31/08 at 10:01:36
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Fianchetto is a rare line. I have only faced it three times (1231 dragon games total), all at the internet. I have also faced it a few times at local club in unrecorded blitz games. I know that at least two books advocate the white side (but I have none of them), "Taiming the Sicilian" and some german book.
  
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Re: Svidler plays the Dragon
Reply #1 - 08/31/08 at 08:31:36
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interesting, the fianchetto has never been played against me in god knows how many dragon games. i thought part of the idea was to over protect e4 so that possible Nd5s can occur more easily
  
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Svidler plays the Dragon
08/30/08 at 15:58:44
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Sure this is only a blitz game but here it comes. It appears that the Dragons influence is speading Smiley

[Event "Mikhail Tal Memorial-Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow/Russia"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "GM Alekseev, Evgeny(RUS)"]
[Black "GM Svidler, Peter(RUS)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 e6 15. Ne3
Qc7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. cxb4 Nxe4 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Bc3 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Qd3 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe7 26. Qa3 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Bb5 28.
Rc7 Qd6 29. Qb3 Bd4 30. Qa3 Rfd8 31. R7c2 h5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Kh2 Bb6 34. Qb2
Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Rbc8 36. Rbc2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rd4 38. Rc8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40.
Bf1 Bd7 41. Bd3 Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. f4 Bc6+ 44. Kf2 Bb6 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. b5 Bd7
47. Nc2 Bb6 48. Ne3 Bc5 49. Nc2 Kd6 50. Ne3 Kc7 51. Kf3 f5 52. Ke2 Be8 53. Bc4
Bd7 54. Bd3 Bd4 55. Kf3 Be8 56. Ke2 Kb6 57. Nc4+ Kc5 58. Na3 e5 59. fxe5 Bxe5
60. Kf3 Bf7 61. Nc2 Bd5+ 62. Kf2 Bc7 63. Ne3 Be6 64. Ng2 Bd7 65. Kf3 Bd8 66.
Nf4 Bg5 67. Nxh5 Bxb5 {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2

  
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