The Dragon variation is one of the key battlegrounds of modern chess, and a perennial favorite of ambitious chess-players of all standards. Black develops his pieces so as to maximize the strategic pluses granted him in the Open Sicilian. If White is to expose a defect in the Dragon, it must be by a direct attack, and this leads to ferocious battles, with White trying to checkmate the black king via the h-file, while Black seeks to gain counterplay down the c-file and on the long diagonal. In the Dragon, many Sicilian themes are seen in their clearest form, with the ...Rxc3 exchange sacrifice particularly important. Even Dragon endgames tend to be very sharp, with Black often possessing a swathe of mobile pawns in return for an exchange, a piece, or even a whole rook.
Review On Mar 11, 2006by damani fair of san diego, CA
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IM Dearing provides a lot of detailed analysis in words not just variations. This really helped in my theoretical understanding of the Dragon Sicilian. Mr. Dearing also introduces the Chinese Dragon, a leading edge approach to the new developments in this opening. Although it is still important to become familiar with many lines, IM Dearing makes this task very approachable.
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