A G Ashton vs C Ward, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 81 moves, 0-1
6.Bc4
Z Ojagverdiyev vs K Shanava, 2007 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Bc4 and O-O
G Khoa vs J Rambalohery, 2008 (B54) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Bc4
H Hecht vs C van den Berg, 1963  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Bc4 and ..Nc6
G Timmerman vs S Capkunaj, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0
Without Bc4. W opens h-file. (Sh surprised, Bl ok open)
Shirov vs S Williams, 2004  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 54 moves, 1-0
Also without Bc4
E Berg vs K Shanava, 2008 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Without Bc4; B dropped a pawn
Z Andriasian vs L Wu, 2006 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Without Bc4
A Nikolova vs B Morchiashvili, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
Without Bc4; shoulda 1-0!
W E Jones vs D Fitzsimons, 2009  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Without Bc4. O-O-O and Bh6. Bl's N-sac fails.
M Langer vs D van Heirzeele, 2009 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Without Bc4. O-O-O and Bh6. Both Kings exposed
A Heimann vs M Vasilev, 2007 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 53 moves, 1-0
J Pamplona Correa vs J J Butindo, 2010 (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
A Stojanovic vs V Vukic-Arapovic, 2004 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Korneev vs S Williams, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
A I Zakharov vs A Kapengut, 1962 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Early g5 sidelines Nh5
M Al-Modiahki vs S Williams, 2005 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Early g5 locks up K-side
S Jessel vs S Williams, 2005 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 45 moves, 1-0
D Ciuksyte vs S Williams, 2007  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 29 moves, 0-1
Shame W went O-O
Deep Gandalf vs Rybka, 2006  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 46 moves, 0-1
B Magana vs R Harper, 2006 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
B's too slow
Stellwagen vs Fedorov, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Another without Bc4
S Kaplan vs K Kulaots, 2007  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 0-1
Mainline
J E Littlewood vs Botvinnik, 1961  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Mainline
Sutovsky vs J V Gunnarsson, 2007  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 37 moves, 1-0
Actually, it was 1-0
B Kalezic vs A Volodin, 2008  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Mainline
K Piorun vs A Volodin, 2008 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Mainline
S Feller vs T Gelashvili, 2010 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
M Perez Candelario vs I Cheparinov, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Fuchs vs A Dergatschova, 2007 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Without Bc4
O Bindrich vs J Flores Chico, 2010 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 1-0
Without Bc4. open h-file- perp ch
I Kurnosov vs S Kristjansson, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Without Bc4. Early g5 and O-O-O
G Ginsburg vs H Schacht, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
S J Solomon vs T Chua, 2010 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
g4 and h4 answered by ...h5
P Tzouganakis vs K Shanava, 2008 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 0-1
g4 and h4 and ...h5. N extricated via f8
J Moreno Carnero vs S del Rio de Angelis, 2001 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 45 moves, 0-1
Shoulda 11..h5 to block, but ok anyway
J Xie vs Chiburdanidze, 1991 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
without Bc4. instead 11.a3
Delchev vs I Nataf, 2005  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Kibitzing
K Spraggett vs R Felgaer, 2005  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
a3 holds up Q-side
Grigoriants vs Chuprov, 2006 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 63 moves, 1-0
a3 blocks. B misses ...h5
S Mijovic vs V Jakic, 2009 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
F R Anderson vs J Enevoldsen, 1958 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
A M Petrisor vs M Kanarek, 2008 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Early g5Nh5 no trouble
Y Melnikova vs D Losev, 1999 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
Early g5 and a4 and O-O
F Ruiz Jimenez vs A Romero Holmes, 2001 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Early g5 and Nce2 and O-O-O
S Erenburg vs Sakaev, 2005  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
Early g5 and a4
C Bauer vs A Romero Holmes, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Early g5, a4 and O-O
O Lehner vs B Thorfinnsson, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
Early g5 and a4, but Bl's Bishops too active
T Ishkanov vs Ehlvest, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
Initial foray to c6 gains d5-square
N Laursen vs M Orndahl, 2007 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 53 moves, 1-0
Ealry g5,but Nh5 isn't dislodged
T Hirneise vs E Agrest, 2007  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Ealry6 g5, a4 and O-O. Bl's activity compensates for material
V Yemelin vs M Matlakov, 2007 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Early g5 and O-O-O. Bl's Exch sac fails
A Tate vs N Thomson, 2009 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
Early g5 locks K-side
Motylev vs Carlsen, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
g5 sidelines KN, White's Ns agile (d5)
J Johannsdottir vs M Chierici, 2010 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 63 moves, 1-0
9.g4 b5 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxe7 Bb7 !
D Kokarev vs S Sjugirov, 2009 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 71 moves, 0-1
9.g4 b5 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxe7 Bb7 !
L Hortensius vs T Kabos, 2009 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 26 moves, 0-1
9.g4 b5 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxe7 Kxe7
S Klimov vs K Chernyshov, 2009 (B56) Sicilian, 81 moves, 0-1
9..h6
M Santurbano vs G Dauletova, 2006 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 44 moves, 0-1
9.O-O-O harmless attempt?
E Inarkiev vs Khalifman, 2005 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
O-O-O and Bh6. Black uses open h-file !
O Mihok vs M Vasilev, 2008 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
O-O-O and Bh6
H Ziska vs S Kristjansson, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
Bh6 and O-O-O
K Bulski vs E Agrest, 2007 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bh6 and O-O-O
G Swathi vs Kudrin, 2006 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Cf: modern Soltis line
Geller vs Furman, 1961  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 42 moves, 0-1
Without Bc4 or Bh6. O-O-O, ..h6. Nc6 goes to d5 but nothing
S Satyapragyan vs Fedorov, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
8.a4 restraint of ..b5
Sliwa vs J Gadalinski, 1947 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
a3 and O-O
E Stoeckl vs J Enevoldsen, 1958 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
cxb3 strengthened the Q-side. Open h-file fatal for B
P Carlsson vs J Campos Moreno, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Can B go to d7 ?
B Milic vs Taimanov, 1961 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
g5 and a4 and O-O
M Erdogdu vs K Shanava, 2006 (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
M Pena Gomez vs G Jones, 2005  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
with .O-O
W Schill vs Kudrin, 2000 (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
w/ ..Q-side push ..b4. w/ O-O
O Nikolenko vs Savon, 1996  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
!? 9...b6 waiting move
Efimenko vs Nakamura, 2007  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
8...b5 premature?
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 2000  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
...O-O-O ?
Jansa vs S Vanderwaeren, 1993 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
8...b5 premature?
C Sreeves vs N Thomson, 2010 (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
8...b5 premature?
R Edouard vs Y Zhou, 2008  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
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