Author: Pete R.
Date: 09:04:03 02/04/00
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On February 03, 2000 at 23:46:25, Rich Shippy wrote: >Which defence is easier to learn, the Dragon or the Accelerated Dragon? >Which defence is a better response to e4, the Dragon or Accelerated Dragon? >I want to learn one of the Sicilian systems as black but do not know which one >to choose. Maybe I should play the Najdorf, please help. This is not the forum for this, but as someone who plays the Accelerated I can give a quick comment. All Sicilian systems are a royal pain to learn. :) They require the most study, but it seems clear that the Sicilian is black's best way to fight for a win, at least at a high level. The nice thing about the Accelerated is there are some tactical traps for opponents who try to play against it the way they would a normal Dragon, with queenside castling and a Yugoslav attack. The Accelerated move order can prevent queenside castling. At a low level of play (where I consider myself to be, all things considered) the only people who have played the Maroczy Bind against me are people who play the Accelerated themselves. Maybe one out of a hundred. And there is a lot of material on how to play that battle as black. Silman has a good book called Winning with the Sicilian, and Roman Dzindzichashvili has a video on the Accelerated vs. the Maroczy, etc. I think it's a good opening, but like I said all Sicilians are a ton of work. On the plus side though it's an even bigger pain for white to learn to play against a ton of Sicilian variations, so very often you have people try to avoid any Sicilian with some inferior opt-out, and you equalize right away. I tend to think that at the level most people play chess at, it's more important to pick an opening that produces positions you like to play. Opening prep is really something to worry about much much later than everything else. Play the Alekhine every now and then, and whip out a lot of annoying gambits. :) Most of us will never be good enough to worry about how "good" our opening repertoire choice is, so just try to have fun.
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