Download PGN of March '06 Dragon Sicilian games

Alas no Dragon games for me on my travels though although this month I do have 7 recent encounters for you:

Gara - Johansson: As is so often the case, an attempt to play the Yugoslav Attack against the Accelerated Dragon goes horribly wrong:

Don't try this one at home!

Nunn - Jones: Here the talented English young IM succeeds in turning a fianchetto system into a Yugoslav attack:

but I'm afraid against the Beating The Sicilian expert it all goes downhill from there.

And some interesting developments in the Dragadorf variation...

Schneider - Kudin: Black employs the provocative 8...b5 and then riding on a wave proceeds to try to use the omission of ...Nbd7 to his own advantage.

Carlsson - Campos Moreno: White ensures that his bishop won't be left on f1 by bringing it out to c4 a move earlier. All intriguing stuff but Black definitely under-estimates his opponent's attack here.

Also though...

Yagupov - Guseinov: Two extremely strong players but in the early Bb3 Yugoslav Attack Black still seems to be in the comfort zone.

The position after 12 a4.

Rodriguez Guerrero-Charbonneau: Due to some inaccurate defensive play on Black's part this most recent attempt to refute the Chinese Dragon works out nicely:

Dos Santos-Granara Barretto: If you are going to meet the 9 0-0-0 Yugoslav Attack with the ...Nxd4 and ...Be6 then you really need to be well prepared.

Alas here Black certainly isn't!

Bye for now, Chris

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