The Accelerated Dragon - a sharp weapon against 1.e4 Strategie Part V: Miscellaneous Defenses

Part V: Miscellaneous Defenses

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The Accelerated Dragon - a sharp weapon against 1.e4 Strategie Part V: Miscellaneous DefensesAfter the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6! the "Accelerated Dragon" is on the board. In this variation, Black wants to play the central advance d7 d5 in one move (in contrast to the "Dragon Variation", where Black first plays d7 d6, but in many variations later moves d6 d5). On this DVD, Russian grandmaster Nadezhda Kosintseva, one of the best players in the world, reveals the ideas and secrets of her favorite variation. Kosintseva has