num_pages: 320
description: Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian but are put off by the fierce mating attacks that White can launch. In the Accelerated Dragon Black aims for an improved version saving a move with his queen's pawn. If White tries to ignore the difference Black's instant detonation of the centre will come as an unwelcome cold shower! The authors show that White's main reply the Maroczy Bind is not so fearsome as was once thought Black has many ways to break out while quite often it is possible to manoeuvre around White's 'binding pawns' and show that they imprison White's pieces as much as they do Black's.
language: English
title: Accelerated Dragons
publisher: Everyman Chess