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    Sicilian Dragon: Chess Opening Series, #1
    Sicilian Dragon: Chess Opening Series, #1
    Sicilian Dragon: Chess Opening Series, #1
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    Sicilian Dragon: Chess Opening Series, #1

    By Özer Mumcu

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       This great chess book examines one of the most popular chess openings: Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherÖzer Mumcu
    Release dateSep 10, 2023
    ISBN9798223070887
    Sicilian Dragon: Chess Opening Series, #1

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      Sicilian Dragon - Özer Mumcu

      by Ozer MUMCU

      CONTENTS

      Foreword   5

      About the Author   6

      General Theory of Dragon Variation   7

      Basic Dragon Concepts    10

      The Power of Dragon Bishop  10

      The Role of e7 pawn  11

      Make Use of c-file  12

      ...Rxc3  exchange sacrifice  14

      Common Knight Sacrifices  16

      Endgame Tips  18

      Before Starting   19

      Alfred K. Robinson vs. Emanuel Lasker, 1892 USA  20

      Vasily Smyslov  vs. M. Botvinnik, 1956 Moscow  23

      Viswanathan Anand vs. Garry Kasparov, 1995 USA  25

      Viswanathan Anand vs. Garry Kasparov, 1995 USA  27

      Classical Variation   30

      GAME-1: Mildos Brody vs. Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Paris 1900  31

      GAME-2:  Mordecai Morgan vs. George W. Richmond, London 1907  33

      GAME-3:  Israel Robinovich Barav vs Oppermann, Berlin 1931  35

      GAME-4:  Christian Poulsen vs. Wolfgang Weil, Munich 1936  37

      GAME-5:  Arthur Allan Candolin vs. Marius Gotti, Munich 1936  38

      GAME-6:  Willy Rosen vs. Billy Coosemans, Birmingham 1951  39

      ––––––––

      GAME-7:  James Macrea Aitken vs. John K. Footner, Whitby 1962  40

      GAME-8:  Eduardo Cotta vs. Ronald Camara, Rio de Janeiro 1965  41

      GAME-9:  Michael G. Whaley vs. P. Wayne Power, NZL 1977  42

      GAME-10: Arcibaldo De Souza vs. Ricardo Ernesto Rain, Brazil 1981  43

      GAME-11: Kevin Pacey vs. Jay Bidal, Toronto 1981  44

      GAME-12:  Oliviero Tassi vs. Pierluigi Passerotti, Rome 1984  45

      GAME-13: Zbigniew Karniewski vs. Wlodzimiers Kolacin, 1993  46

      GAME-14: Joaquim Drao vs. Jose R. Diaz de Argantona, Seville 1993  47 

      GAME-15:  Jomar Egoroff vs. Giovanni Vescovi, Brazil 1994  48

      GAME-16:  Edvins Kengis vs. Christian Belaz, Bern 1995  49

      GAME-17:  Alla B. Grinfeld vs. Miron N. Sher, Ljubljana 1997  50

      GAME-18:  Esben Christensen vs. Levon Aronian, Ubeda 1998  51

      GAME-19: Benjamin U Lim vs. Puchen Wang, Auckland 2003  52

      GAME-20: Roger Matoewi vs. Andrei Obodchuk, Dresden 2008  53

      GAME-21: Jana Sosovickova vs. Shree Ayinala, Batumi 2016  54

      Levenfish Variation     56

      GAME-22: Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs. P. Ermolin, Kazan 1946  57

      GAME-23: Victor Korchnoi vs. Boris Spassky, Leningrad 1948    59

      GAME-24: Eigil Pederson vs. Aristides Zografakis, Dubrovnik 1950   60

      GAME-25: Ludwig Engels vs. Roberto Santos, 1957    61

      GAME-26: Harry Borochow vs. Severin Bruzza, Rochester 1958  62

      GAME-27: Seth Saverymuttu vs. Dafydd Johnston, London 1973  64

      GAME-28: Rachel Crotto vs. Kathleen Hindle, Haifa 1976     65

      GAME-29: Ian McAllan vs. Andrew J. Mestel, Chester 1979  66

      GAME-30: John Eric Littlewood vs. Andrew J. Mestel, Chester 1979  67

      GAME-31: Jan Cervenka vs. Zdenek Mladek, 1994  68

      ––––––––

      GAME-32: Amir Mallahi vs. Imad Hakki, Tehran 2001  69

      GAME-33: Erik Nicolaisen vs. Peter N. Skovgaard, Copenhagen 2001  70

      GAME-34: Fiodor Kuznetsov vs. Krzysztof Langer, POL. 2001  72

      GAME-35: Chloe Badenhorst vs. Silvera Pilar, ITA 2022  73

      Yugoslav Attack   75

      GAME-36: Edwin Bhend vs. Otto Zimmermann, Zuerich 1954  76

      GAME-37: Robert Henry Steinmeyer vs. Thedore Peisach, 1958  77

      GAME-38:  Gimmelman vs. A. Gorodezky, URS. 1962    78

      GAME-39: Vitaly Zhilin vs. Eduard Gufeld, URS 1962    79

      GAME-40: Coenraad Zuidema vs. Peter N. Lee, Zurich 1964    80

      GAME-41: Owen M. Hindle vs. P. Sorenson, ENG 1965     81

      GAME-42: John B. Hall vs. William N. Watson, Chester 1979    82

      GAME-43: Kai Bjerring vs. Curt Hansen, DEN 1985    83

      GAME-44: Petter Fossan vs. Chris Ward, 1987    84

      GAME-45: P. Mueckenberger vs. J. Lawrence Bezviner, Nassau 1988    85

      GAME-46: Robert W. Moore vs. Anatoly Trubman, USA 1992    86

      GAME-47: Joachim Klein vs. Andreas Stock, GER 1994     87

      GAME-48: Gerard Welling vs. Sito Dekker, NED 1996     88

      GAME-49: Olga Kozlova vs. Sandor Farago, HUN 1996    89

      GAME-50: Klaus Hehl vs. Matthias-Michael Mueller, GER 1997    90

      GAME-51: Michail Brodsky vs. Bogdan Grabarczyk, Rowy 1999    91

      GAME-52: Romuland Mainka vs. Gerd Kathstede, GER 1999     92

      GAME-53: Nathan A. Resika vs. Evarth Kahn, Budapest 2001  93

      GAME-54: Viswanathan Anand vs. Jose Manuel Pastor Gomis, 2007  94

      GAME-55: Ivica Leakovic vs. Miso Cebalo, Vinkovci 2007     95

      GAME-56: Ljubov Nemkova vs. Dmitry Hahalev, Volgograd 2010     96

      ––––––––

      Other Lines         97

      GAME-57: Valt Borsony vs. Albert Laustsen, 1956       98

      GAME-58: Phil W. Morrell vs. Robin Ault,

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