page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 982  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Khodzhibekov vs Korchnoi 0-1 36 1956 Frunze B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 2. Tringov vs O Yepez   1-0 23 1957 WchT U26 04th B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 3. Vukcevich vs Van Hoorne   1-0 27 1960 WchT U26 07th B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 4. Savon vs Stein   0-1 76 1962 USSR Championship B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 5. I Platonov vs V Tukmakov   0-1 28 1963 UKR-ch B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 6. N Gaprindashvili vs P N Lee   1-0 41 1964 Hastings (England) B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 7. O Kinnmark vs P N Lee 0-1 27 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 8. O Jakobsen vs P N Lee   1-0 41 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 9. H Westerinen vs A Hollis   1-0 31 1964 WchT U26 11th qual-B B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 10. G McCurdy vs Keene 0-1 24 1966 Oerebro (Sweden) B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 11. S Kagan vs P N Lee   0-1 42 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim4 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 12. M Moe vs A J Whiteley   1-0 24 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 13. J Fridjonsson vs D Levy   ½-½ 49 1966 Orebro Stud olm fB B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 14. B Kristjansson vs K Tebourbi   1-0 26 1966 Orebro Stud olm fB B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 15. H Westerinen vs Tringov   1-0 40 1966 La Habana ol (Men) prel B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 16. A L Wilkinson vs O Sarapu 0-1 43 1966 73rd New Zealand Championship B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 17. G McCurdy vs Keene 0-1 24 1966 Orebro B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 18. Wade vs Keene   ½-½ 25 1966 Training tourney B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 19. S Bouaziz vs Geller 0-1 34 1967 Sousse Interzonal B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 20. Kholmov vs Parma   ½-½ 11 1967 Belgrade B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 21. L Day vs Keene 0-1 25 1967 5 minute game, Jerusalem B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 22. Hort vs S Tatai   1-0 35 1968 Athen B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 23. Suetin vs Keene 1-0 62 1968 Hastings 1967/68 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 24. J A Rubinetti vs C Incutto   ½-½ 39 1968 Ch-ARG B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 25. V Musil vs D Baretic   0-1 40 1968 YUG-ch 23th B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long  page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 982    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-01-08    Cactus: Question: After 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.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qc8!? 16.Kb1 a5 17.f4 click for larger view My book now gives 17...Nfg4 as black's best continuation, with 18.Qg5 a4 19.fxe5 axb3 20.cxb3 But why not 17...Neg4 with 18.Qg5 Nf2 ? Feb-01-08    Eyal: <Cactus> 17...Neg4? 18.Qxg6+ Mar-30-08    Cactus: <Eyal> Thanks! How did I i miss that... Aug-30-08    DocGonzo: My favorite opening to play from both sides. Very exciting and sharp play. I would not say to abandon the chinese dragon all together, i have scored several wins with it, however the sacrificed pawn is a bit sexier. Aug-30-08    Chessical: <Cactus> After <17.f4> instead of replying with <Nfg4>, <17...Nc4>may be worthy of consideration, e.g. <18.f5> Be8 (covering <g6>) 19.Rhf1 a4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qe3 Bc6; or, <19.fxg6> fxg6 20.Rdf1 Bf7 (but not <20...a4> 21.Bxa4 Bxa4 22.Qxg6+ Kh8 23.Qh6+) Jan-25-09    Whack8888: I play the Dragon but I dont play it very well. I am no good at sacrificing pieces, which is one of the reasons I played the Dragon. I want to get better! Before, I played the Berlin Defence to 1. e4 and I really liked it. I needed a change though. Maybe I should try the Chinese Dragon, but I want to just learn the regular lines first. I have Edward Dearing's Play the Sicilian Dragon. Any other good books on the Dragon? Dearing's book spends a lot of time with the Soltis variation of the Yugoslav, so books that deal with other things would be helpful. Jan-25-09    FizzyY: Actually in the Dragon you sac material for attacks or for endgame edges and loads of pawns. like the Sicilian exchange sac Rxc3. Apr-04-09    refutor: i was going over a correpondence game i recently played and my opponent found an interesting move order in the dragon 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5?! click for larger view i played 12.Kb1 if 12. ...Nc4 then it goes back to the mainlines, but without the extra tempo for White to push h4 etc. if White plays something like 12.h4 himself is Black better without the target of the rook on c4 in the mainlines? thoughts from the Dragon-folk? Apr-04-09    Open Defence: <refutor> perhaps this game I Jankovec vs G Kluger, 1973 can inspire some ideas Apr-04-09    Open Defence: just a quick line there are bound to be improvements 12.Bh6 Nxb3+ 13.Nxb3 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 b5 15.h4 Qc7 16.Rd2 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.h5 Be8 and though the game is quite even I think the Dragon player as Black would be far from happy playing this out Apr-04-09    refutor: <OD> i prefer Kluger's idea to yours :) 13. ...Bxh6 is not a concession i would be wanting to make (i generally prefer to let White exchange off the dark square bishops in a position like this), but dynamic equality is not a bad thing to aim for as black. i always find the dragon positions difficult to play for both sides... Apr-04-09    Open Defence: <refutor> I think 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qd4 gives the White Q a slightly better position that if it was on h6 Apr-04-09    Open Defence: though 15.a3 might be safer Apr-04-09    Open Defence: White can also delay by 14.Kb1 Apr-04-09    WhiteRook48: how about 10 Bh6? getting rid of the fianchettoed bishop Apr-04-09    Marmot PFL: The stats in this line are discouraging for black. Apr-04-09    chessman95: <Marmot PFL: The stats in this line are discouraging for black.> The stats for black in the Yugoslav in general are very discouraging: Opening Explorer Considering that most people play it automatically as white, I have stopped playing the Dragon completely as black, and I don't play the Accelerated Dragon much either because of the Maroczy Bind. The fianchetto variations in the Sicilian just aren't forcing enough and allow white plenty of time to build a very strong position. Apr-04-09    chessman95: Wow, the stats in the Maroczy Bind are even worse than I thought: Opening Explorer After 5.c4 white wins 37.6%, draws 44.1%, and black wins only 18.2% of the time. Not good for a defense that is considered a counterattacking defense that is played for a win. Apr-04-09    Marmot PFL: "With 5...g6 black builds up an inferior pawn structure with the hopelessly weakened d5 square. Certainly the Dragon structure is less reliable for black than that of the Scheveningen." Golubev, Experts vs the Sicilian. The author also plays the Dragon more than any other opening - a sign of love. Apr-05-09    MaxxLange: I stopped playing the Dragon in tournament chess (fish sections) for two reasons: I admitted that I was basically bluffing, and didn't really know or have time to know all the only moves that Black has to play against various White ideas, and I was tired of every game being a do-or-die opposite side castling attack. So, I started playing the Schevinengen, equally bluffing, but with a little more room for error...I was doing it straight up, daring people to play the Keres attack. When someone finally did play it, I lost, but I drew an 2100 player in the Classical system with it before that. My worst loss with the Dragon went 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 g4 A move I had neglected to prepare for. I knew that I could try ...Bxg4!? in blitz, but this was supposed to be a serious game.I thought for a while and decided that the sharpest and most principled remedy must be: 9...d5? and I was crushed in short order. When I got home, I found a game where IM Bela Perenyi tried the same idea and also lost horribly, which made me feel better. Apr-05-09    ILikeFruits: try tiger... Apr-05-09    chessman95: <I started playing the Schevinengen, equally bluffing, but with a little more room for error> I wouldn't put the Scheveningen in the same catagory as the Dragon... I consider it a very solid option for black although some people call it passive, and I can't really disagree with that. Jun-17-09    MrMrsKnight: My favorite thing to play against e4. I'm a sucker for these kinds of openings, I actually believe that white gets the better of it in the Dragon but my personal favorite game was one as well. I don't know, it just seems like I've been playing it so long that it's kind of like an old drinking buddy or something. Jul-03-10    rapidcitychess: I really want to take up the Dragon. I want here to play either the Ward (10...Qa5) or 10...Na5. This guy killed me with that and played 11.Bb3 Rb8 and just got destroyed with the old ...b5 and ...Nc4 trick. The only thing that is that I'm addicted to the Najdorf. Maybe I can be addicted to two Sicilians. You Sicilian players know how that is.:) Jul-03-10    Eric Schiller: I love the Dragon from both sides and will finish writing the second edition of Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon tomorrow. Should be published in September. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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