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B71

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation

Key moves: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

The Dragon Variation is one of the sharpest openings in chess. Black fianchettoes the bishop to g7, creating a "dragon" diagonal aimed at White's queenside. The Yugoslav Attack (Be3, Qd2, O-O-O) leads to some of the most violent attacking games in chess.

History & Notable Players

Named because the pawn structure supposedly resembles the constellation Draco. The Dragon has been a battleground for attacking players throughout chess history.

Top Players in this Opening

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman5 gamesKeres, Paul3 gamesBronstein, David I3 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir2 gamesLarsen, Bent2 gamesNajdorf, Miguel2 gamesPolgar, Judit2 gamesTal, Mihail2 gamesTimman, Jan H2 gamesErigaisi,Arjun1 games

Related Openings

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Best Games

Morozevich,A vs Gelfand,B1/2-1/2
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Polgar, Judit vs Topalov, Veselin1-0
Leon 1996
Carlsen,M vs Liu,Zachary Hankun1-0
Titled Tue 2nd Jul Late 2024
Shevchenko,Kirill vs Erigaisi,Arjun0-1
chess.com Junior Speed 2021
Hector,J vs Korchnoi,V1/2-1/2
Politiken Cup 2005
Hou,Y vs Khvan,Boris1-0
WYb10 2004
Polgar, Judit vs Gulko, Boris F1/2-1/2
Cardoza US op 1998
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Hellers, Ferdinand1/2-1/2
OHRA 1986
Kasparov, Gary vs Balashov, Yuri S1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Miles, Anthony J0-1
EU-chT 1980
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent1/2-1/2
Bled/Portoroz 1979
Larsen, Bent vs Lein, Anatoly1-0
Lone Pine op 1979
Timman, Jan H vs Langeweg, Kick0-1
IBM 1974
Tarjan, James Edward vs Timman, Jan H0-1
Venice 1974
Rossetto, Hector vs Najdorf, Miguel0-1
ARG-ch 1968
Portisch, Lajos vs Diez del Corral, Jesus1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1967
Bilek, Istvan vs Najdorf, Miguel1/2-1/2
Moscow 1967
Keres, Paul vs Padevsky, Nikola1/2-1/2
Alekhine mem 1963
Bronstein, David I vs Vasiukov, Evgeni1/2-1/2
URS-ch26 1959
Keres, Paul vs Benitez, Francisco1/2-1/2
Munich olm prel 1958

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