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Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.
The Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation is considered to be one of the sharpest chess openings you can play. It is also known to be one of the most extensively analyzed opening systems in chess and one of the most-feared counterattacking options against the move 1.e4.
It is an early declaration of war to any e4-player and usually leads to breathtaking dynamic and double-edged positions.
The Sicilian Dragon is a chess opening which has been played in World Championship Matches (It was used by Kasparov to twice defeat Vishy Anand in their World Championship Match in 1995, for example), and which has been called “unplayable” and believed dead - but it always rises again, more powerful than before.
“Refutations” of the Sicilian Dragon have been refuted over the years and many adherents of the Sicilian Dragon have spent countless hours looking for improvements, novelties, and modernizations.
It has been played by Super Grandmasters such as Carlsen, Kasparov, Ivanchuk, Radjabov, and Nakamura. It is an opening you either love or hate and one of those chess openings which you do not simply play casually, but about which you become passionate. Here’s a little appetizer to get hungry for more wins with Black in the Sicilian Dragon.
12 сен 2024