Sicilian Defense (Dragon)
A fighting answer to e4: trade on d4, put your bishop on g7 and press along the long diagonal.
Basics: the first moves of the Sicilian
Answer e4 from the side with c5, trade on d4 and bring your knight to f6. Then g6 starts the Dragon setup.
- The first four moves: c5, d6, the trade and knight to f64 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- The Dragon: pawn to g61 neuer Zug🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White attacks with bishop e3, f3 and queen d2 (Yugoslav Attack)
White castles long and storms your king with pawns. Be quick: answer long castling with d5 in the center, and the c4 bishop with rook c8 and b5 on the queenside.
- Bishop to g7, castle and knight to c63 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Against long castling: d5 at once!3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Trade bishops, offer a queen trade2 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If the bishop comes to c4: the c-file and b54 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White puts the bishop on e2 and castles short (Classical Variation)
A calm system, the same setup: bishop to g7, castle, knight to c6. Then bishop to e6 and knight to a5: your target is the c4 square.
- Same setup: bishop g7, castle, knight c63 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If the knight drops back to b3: bishop e6, knight a52 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White chooses another sixth move
Same setup: bishop to g7, castle, knight to c6. Only against f4 mind the order: knight to c6 first.
- If White pushes f4: knight to c6 first4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White puts the bishop on c43 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White fianchettoes with g33 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White doesn't play the knight to f3 on move two
Anti-Sicilians. Against c3 strike with d5; against the knight c3 and f4 systems use your Dragon setup: g6, bishop g7, knight c6. Don't take the gambit.
- If White plays c3 (Alapin): d5!4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Knight c3, then f4 (Grand Prix Attack)4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White plays f4 at once3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Knight c3, then g3 (Closed Sicilian)4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White offers a pawn (Smith-Morra): decline with knight f64 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White doesn't play d4 on move three
Against a bishop check, block with your bishop and trade. Against other quiet moves use the same setup: knight f6, g6, bishop g7 and castle.
- If the bishop checks from b5 (Moscow Variation)4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Knight c3 first: back to the Dragon2 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White plays c3: the same setup3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White puts the bishop on c43 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion