What's new in October 2003
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Hi guys! Well here I am (as a coach) at the World Youth Championships in Greece doing some intrepid Dragon reporting. I can tell you that there have been a fair few relevant encounters here and with specific relevance to the England squad you will find some interesting annotations. |
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Yep it's an action packed month although:
Anon - Ward; is a Classical variation that flatters to deceive:
            
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The so called 'Zollner Gambit'. A trappy line for all concerned to note but beware you should be warned that it seems to lack the meat and potatoes!
On to the Yugoslav Attack and:
Deepan Chakkravarthy-Jones; is a side line 9 0-0-0 d5:
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which is full of incident. Nevertheless I can promise you a more critical game of the promising English junior in November.
I will have to prioritise the Chinese variation in the roadmaps soon as again there are a couple of encounters with it this month:
Sanchez Enrique-Wu; shows the attraction of 10...Rb8:
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and why there is plenty of scope for new analysis.
Mariano Nelson III-Wu; questions whether or not it is really a forced draw! Surely not!?
Still within the realms of 9 Bc4, if White wants to avoid the Chinese variation then 10 h4 gets to the point:
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Black can of course return to the other main lines (effectively having side-stepped that frustrating Kb1 and g4 system; gee I need a real name for that!).
However, Szelag - Papa; sees Black dabbling in an early pawn sac. Intriguing stuff.
Effectively the Yugoslav Attack, although with an early Bb3:
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the game Moreno Carnero-Korneev; investigates some of the thrills and spills in an early ...b5 and ...a5 system. I quite like that for Black though not necessarily the way it was played here.
Away from the normal Dragon, the odd encounter
Roelli - Gilbert; appears difficult to categorise. Officially classified by ChessBase as a 'Semi-Accelerated Dragon', it looks to me more of a mix and match. Either way not recommended for White!
Finally, Borisek - Tronenkovs; is a standard Accelerated Dragon where Black is ruthlessly punished for a spot of pawn grabbing:
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I'm slightly surprised that Black didn't know that White's a-pawn was more than a little poisoned here, but he does now!
Well that's it guys (not a bad update if I say so myself!). When I return I will see what's going on in the forum and you can expect me back with more thrills and spills in about 3 weeks. That's me done. By for now,
(A very tired) Chris
Either leave a message for me on the Dragons Forum, or email me at Chris Ward@ChessPublishing.com (for subscribers only!)