Accelerated Dragon
A refined Dragon for Black. Play ...g6 early and delay ...d6, gaining the fast ...d5 break and sidestepping the dangerous Yugoslav Attack.
Let's begin.
Press Learn to start, then play the moves yourself.
Play pawn to c5.
Variations in this course
Every line runs to a middlegame position with coach commentary at each fork. Playing Black, you'll meet:
- 1
Classical (Nc3)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8
- 2
Maroczy Bind
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4
Take it with you
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