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Here we've reached the initial position of the famous Sicilian Dragon. For those who are interested in astronomy, its name refers to the black pawn structure d6-e7-f7-g6-h7, which has resemblance with the Dragon Constellation.
Usually White has (generally speaking, of course) two ways at his disposal:
-quiet positional play by castling short, in order to put some positional pressure thanks to his slight space advantage.
-sharp play by castling long, and simultaneous king's attack for both sides, which often leads to real bloodbaths.
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There are 2 main ways for white to play here: The "passive" classical and minor variations and the aggresive yugoslav attack. the yugoslav has been proven much better
Contributors : Julien Coll, Daniel Barrish

[ECO "B70"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Dragon variation"]

Be3 : 644 games, White ELO av : 1889, Black ELO av : 1877
1-0 : 41.8% , 1/2-1/2 : 26.6% , 0-1 : 31.7%

Be2 : 34 games, White ELO av : 1789, Black ELO av : 1850
1-0 : 26.5% , 1/2-1/2 : 23.5% , 0-1 : 50%

f3 : 26 games, White ELO av : 1759, Black ELO av : 1736
1-0 : 34.6% , 1/2-1/2 : 19.2% , 0-1 : 46.2%

Bc4 : 24 games, White ELO av : 1649, Black ELO av : 1726
1-0 : 25% , 1/2-1/2 : 16.7% , 0-1 : 58.3%

f4 : 13 games, White ELO av : 1622, Black ELO av : 1746
1-0 : 7.7% , 1/2-1/2 : 30.8% , 0-1 : 61.5%

Bg5 : 8 games, White ELO av : 1546, Black ELO av : 1803
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

Bd3 : 6 games, White ELO av : 1666, Black ELO av : 1639
1-0 : 16.7% , 1/2-1/2 : 16.7% , 0-1 : 66.7%

Bb5+ : 4 games, White ELO av : 1534, Black ELO av : 1564
1-0 : 25% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 75%

g3 : 4 games, White ELO av : 1721, Black ELO av : 1920
1-0 : 25% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 75%

h3 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1483, Black ELO av : 1599
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 50% , 0-1 : 50%

Nf3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1317, Black ELO av : 1331
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

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