by John Donaldson & Jeremy Silman, 320pp. (1998 Everyman Chess, Reprinted 2004)
 
Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian, but are put off by the fierce mating attacks that White can launch. In the Accelerated Dragon, Black aims for an improved version, saving a move with his queen's pawn. If White tries to ignore the difference, Black's instant detonation of the centre will come as an unwelcome cold shower! The authors show that White's main reply, the Maroczy Bind, is not so fearsome as was once thought Black has many ways to break out, while quite often it is possible to manoeuvre around White's 'binding pawns' and show that they imprison White's pieces as much as they do Black's.
 
This is a recent reprint of the book by Donaldson and Silman that first appeared in 1998. It is still widely regarded as one of the best treatises ever written on the Accelerated Dragon.