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Sicilian Dragon

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO B38–B78

Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind (B38)

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Enter the Sicilian: trade a flank pawn for White's central d-pawn if White opens the center.

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Continue through the Sicilian Defense repertoire from another tabiya.

Closed SicilianDifficulty 1/3

White repertoire · ECO B23–B26

Sample line with full explanations: Traditional Line, Nf3 and ...e5.

Sicilian Alapin VariationDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO B22–B50

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, Central Exchange Tactic.

Sicilian NajdorfDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B90–B99

Sample line with full explanations: Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line.

Sicilian Rossolimo and MoscowDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B30–B52

Sample line with full explanations: Moscow Variation, Bd7 and c3-d4.

Sicilian with 2...e6Difficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B40–B80

Sample line with full explanations: Scheveningen Setup.

All lines in this course

ECO B38–B78

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy BindSample

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4

  2. Classical Variation, Tartakower Line

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8

  3. Classical Variation, Na5 Counterplay

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Bxd3

  4. Yugoslav Attack, d5 Break

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6

  5. Yugoslav Attack, g4 and Be6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Be6

  6. Yugoslav Attack, h5 Brake

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5

  7. Yugoslav Attack, Old Line Exchange Sac

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5