Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 15:55:02 02/13/06
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On February 13, 2006 at 18:26:26, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 18:12:56, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6? .... hmm. > >5...g6? Have you found a refutation for the Dragon? :-) > >> >>Why did you use the Shredder 8 book? It's almost commmonplace nowadays that >>5...a6! is the best reply for black in the Sicilian (B90 et pass.). > > Yes probably the Najdorf _must_ be better, but the mighty Dragon is of course >perfectly playable.... Why you reject it so easily.....? > > >You might >>want to try the free opening book that goes bundled up with the Rybka 1.0 Beta >>download (free :-)) and you won't find moves such as the wobbly 5...g6 there :-) >> Hi, this is very personal. I simply think that the Dragon (including the Yugoslav lines :-)) is inferior to the natural 5...a6 (the Najdorf). Not only statistics, but the "gut feeling" if you wish suggest 5...a6. Don't you agree? Besides, the Dragon is probably too passive for computers playing black and being subjected to the white pawn storm (g4, f5 etc) or the open h-file. Djordje
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