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Sicilian Accelerated Dragon

IM John Donaldson

International Chess Enterprises

Seattle, WA

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Donaldson, John

ICON: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon

First printing: January 1995

156 pages

ISBN 1-879479-24-9

Introduction

The principal objective of the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicil

ian, which arises ater l.e4 c5 2.j3 Jc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Jxd4 g6, could

be described in two ways. Explnation one says that Black keeps his

pan on d7 in the hope of going the Dragon variation one beter nd

playing ... d7-d5 in one jump, as opposed to its more popular cousin,

where ... d7-d6-d5 is the modus operandi. Another way to lok at the

Accelerated is as an attempt to play something akin to the Dragon, but

where the chnces of getting mated are much less.

The lip side of the move order is that White has the opportunity to play

5.c4, setting up the Maroczy Bind, something hite can never do in the

Dragon. It's no accident that of the 212 games in this bok, almost 75

percent feature the Maroczy. Not only is it an ironclad way of control

ling d5, but it also arises from diferent move orders. In fact, in Grand

master chess, the Bind is much more likely to arise from l.J3 or l.c4

than l.e4.

However, the Marcoczy Bind is not the all-powerul line it was once

thought to be. In paticular, the line 5 . .jf6 6.Jc3 d6 followed by

... Jxd4, has an excellent theoretical reputation while interest in lines

like 5 ... ig7 6.ie3 Jf6 7.Jc3 Jg4 8.Yxg4 Jxd4 9.Ydl e5 sug

gest Black may .have more than one answer. Note however that Black

will have a hard time winning against a White player looking to draw.

The danger of getting a drawish position early on is not a worry for

Black against 5.Jc3 but 5.c4 is another matter.

Players loking to avoid drawish options for White have been experi

menting with slight deviations from the Accelerated Dragon move or

der. While the Semi-Accelerated (l.e4 c5 2.J3 Jc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Jxd4

Jf6 5.Jc3 g6?!) is a por proposition for Black the Hyper-Acceler

ated (l.e4 c5 2.J3 g6) is worthy of consideration and can be recom

mended to those who like to experiment and are willing to allow the

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