How to beat Accelerated Dragon?

In Sicilian, the accelerated dragon is one of the sharpest weapons for both players. You will learn, how to beat with the accelerated Dragon trap with an example of Bobby Fischer match.

In this line black tricks white to stop c4 Moroczy system which is very solid for white, and what happens after the stop from c4.

Let’s watch it.

Accelerated Dragon Trap:1

[Event "World Junior Championships, Yerevan"] [Site "?"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tairova, E."] [Black "Alaverdyan, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B34"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qxd5 Rb8 10. e6 Bg7 11. exf7+ Kf8 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qe5 Kxf7 14. Qxb8 Qa5+ 15. c3 Qg5 16. Rd1 d6 17. Qb5 Qf6 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. O-O Bf5 20. Qd5 Rb8 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Qd4 e5 23. Qxa7+ Rd7 24. Qa8 Rd8 25. Qb7+ Rd7 26. Qd5 Qf8 27. a4 Bg5 28. a5 Be7 29. Ra1 Ra7 30. Bc4 Bd8 31. b4 Bc8 32. Qd3 Qe8 33. Qxd6 Rd7 34. Qe6 Qf8 35. Qxe5+ Bf6 36. Qg3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

10. e6 !! was the move to win one of the rooks if he captures the pawns.

Accelerated Dragon Trap:2

Bobby Fischer crushed accelerated Dragon.

[Event "US Championship, New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, RJ."] [Black "Reshevsky, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Na5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ne6 dxe6 12. Qxd8 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bxe5 14. O-O Nd6 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Bxf4 17. Qxc4 Kg7 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. c3 e5 21. Rad1 Nd8 22. Nd7 Rc6 23. Qh4 Re6 24. Nc5 Rf6 25. Ne4 Rf4 26. Qxe7+ Rf7 27. Qa3 Nc6 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bf5 30. b4 Rff8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Rd5 Nf7 33. Rc5 a6 34. b6 Be4 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. b7 Rab8 38. Qxa6 Nd8 39. Rb1 Rf7 40. h3 Rfxb7 41. Rxb7+ Rxb7 42. Qa8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Accelerated Dragon Trap:3

[Event "Pardubice"] [Site "?"] [Date "2005.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reutsky, S."] [Black "Vitovec, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a6 9. f3 Na5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ne6 dxe6 13. Qxd8 Nc4 14. Bc5 Ned6 15. Qc7 Bxe5 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Rhe1 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 g5 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Rxe7+ Kf6 22. Rxh7 Nf5 23. Qc6+ Be6 24. Re1 Be3 25. Rxe3 Nxe3 26. Rh6+ Kg7 27. Qxe6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion:

Many beginners and club chess player’s first choice against 1.e4 is Accelerated Dragon. It’s a competitive defense against e4. I hope you enjoyed all traps in Accelerated Dragon.

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