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page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,075  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Marco vs Maroczy 0-1 31 1903 Monte Carlo B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 2. Spielmann vs F Duz-Khotimirsky 1-0 41 1909 St. Petersburg B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 3. Spielmann vs O Bernstein 0-1 25 1909 St. Petersburg B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 4. Capablanca vs D S Robinson 0-1 35 1909 Simul, 22b B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 5. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer ½-½ 37 1918 Off-hand Game B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 6. A G Conde vs M Marchand   1-0 50 1919 Hastings B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 7. A Larsson vs M Marchand   0-1 61 1920 Gothenburg B B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 8. W Schlage vs Saemisch 1-0 29 1921 21. DSB Kongress B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 9. C Ahues vs M Marchand   1-0 40 1922 GER-NED B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 10. Reti vs Tartakower 1-0 74 1924 New York B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 11. Alekhine vs M Pinkus 1-0 43 1924 Blindfold simul, 26b B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 12. H Weenink vs M Lenglez   ½-½ 34 1925 NED-BEL B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 13. G Geiler vs I Kan   0-1 41 1928 Moscow-ch B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 14. N Sorokin vs V Goglidze   0-1 73 1928 Ch Caucasian Republics B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 15. Saemisch vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 67 1928 Berlin BSG B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 16. Yates vs V Buerger   0-1 56 1928 British Championship B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 17. L Steiner vs K Richter   0-1 40 1928 Berlin Cafe Koenig B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 18. J Torres Caravaca vs Menchik 1-0 27 1929 Barcelona B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 19. J Koksal vs Z Vecsey   0-1 32 1930 Kautsky mem7 B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 20. L Roedl vs L Engels   1-0 38 1930 Roedl - Engels Match B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 21. A Gromer vs P Soler   0-1 35 1930 Hamburg Olympiad B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 22. Yates vs Tartakower 0-1 41 1930 Hamburg Olympiad B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 23. E Straat vs J Montezinos   1-0 23 1930 VAS-ASC B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 24. G Stoltz vs K Richter   ½-½ 27 1931 Berlin m-A B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 25. K Richter vs A Wagner   1-0 31 1931 Berliner Schachverein ch /32 B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,075

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Sep-15-04    Knight13: This opening is a well defender but not a good position for attacking. Sep-16-04    OneArmedScissor: This is about the most passive way to take on the Dragon Sicilian. Sep-16-04    Giancarlo: Easy to see by the scores. Pretty even statistics. To me Black looks like he has the more active position. I would think 9.nB3 isn't the best option. It takes away centralization of the knight. Sep-17-04    Helloween: 9.Nb3 is a good solid move, preserving the Knight and controlling a5 and c5 while clearing the d-file. Svidler has espoused the Classical Dragon. The variation was quite popular decades ago, back when 9...Be6 was played instead of 9...a5!. A main continuation is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3! / , which this database shows has 7 wins for White and 2 draws out of 9 games. Nowadays, Black usually prefers to play 9...a5 and find a Knight outpost on b4 after that square is weakened by 10.a4. Usually, Black gets equality and nice winning chances, although the positions are not too well-tested, and White's position is not entirely without any electricity, even against strong competition: for example Tseshkovsky vs Azmaiparashvili, 1985 Jan-14-05    redbullion01: "The Classical Variation gives rise to very much more strategic play than the Yugoslav Attack.... .....The Classical appeals to more positionally minded white players." -GM John Emms from the book Starting Out: The Sicilian Jun-23-05    waddayaplay: I think that the Yugoslav attack is sounder for white, reflecting itself in the stats also, but as someone who prefers playing the opocensky variation of the Najdorf this feels more at home. Dec-28-07    Cactus: Actually, 9.Nb3 is neccasary because otherwise, black plays ...d5!, a very useful move. Mar-30-17    WTHarvey: Here are 22 characteristic chess puzzles from the first 22 moves of B74 Sicilian Dragon games. http://www.wtharvey.com/b74.html Find the winning move.

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