The Sicilian Dragon:

Move by Move

Carsten Hansen

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781942277
• Year: 2016

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge. The Sicilian Dragon is a famous chess opening and is popular with players of all levels. The main lines often lead to ultra-sharp positions in which both players attack their opponent's king. Seemingly inconsequential mistakes may punished severely, and a good knowledge of the theory and strategies is absolutely vital for success. In this book, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen invites you to join him in studying the Sicilian Dragon and its many variations. Using illustrative games, he explains the main positional and tactical ideas for both sides, provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Sicilian Dragon.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Classical Dragon: Early Deviations
• 2 Classical Dragon: Main Line – 6 Be2 Bg7 7 0-0 Nc6 8 Nb3 0-0
• 3 Bc4 Lines
• 4 Levenfish, 6 g3 and Other Minor Lines
• 5 9 0-0-0 d5 10 exd5
• 6 9 0-0-0 d5 – 10 Kb1 and 10 Qe1
• 7 9 0-0-0: 9…Bd7 and 9 ... Nxd4
• 8 9 g4
• 9 Main Line – 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 h4 Nc4
• 10 Soltis Variation – 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 h4 h5
• 11 The Modern Variation – 12 Kb1
• 12 The Topalov Variation – 11 ... Nxd4
• 13 10 ... Qc7, 10 ... Qb8 and 10 ... Qa5
• 14 The Accelerated Variation – 10 Bb3 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 b5
• 15 The Chinese Dragon
• 16 Alternatives on Move 9 and 10
• Index of Games
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