Interesantes Ideas en el Dragon Acelerado.

1. e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Ac4 0–0 8.Ab3

Accelerated Dragon 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 d5 [B35]

It would seem now that after 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3, strong players are
definitely taking 8...d5 seriously:

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Not that long ago on the site we reached the conclusion that after 9.exd5 Na5 10.0-0 Nxb3
11.Nxb3 b6, arguably critical is 12.d6 looking to return the pawn under favourable
circumstances. However, 12...e6 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qh3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5
17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Rc8 19.Qh6 Qf6 20.Rc1

Where Black had equalised in Adhiban,B-Gelfand,B Douglas ENG 2017 prompted

enquires into the opposing views of the position of Gelfand and Negi.

Adhiban,Baskaran (2670) - Gelfand,Boris (2737) [B35]

Douglas IoM op Douglas (1), 23.09.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Ac4 0–0 8.Ab3 d5 9.exd5 Ca5 10.0–0 Cxb3
11.Cxb3 b6 12.d6 e6 13.Df3 Tb8 14.Tad1 Ab7 15.Dh3 Cd5 16.Cxd5 Axd5 17.Ad4 Axd4 18.Txd4 Tc8
19.Dh6 Df6 20.Tc1 b5 21.Th4 Dg7 22.Dxg7+ Rxg7 23.Tb4 a6 24.a4 bxa4 25.Ca5 a3 26.bxa3 Tc5 27.Cb7
Tb5 28.Txb5 axb5 29.Cc5 Td8 30.d7 Rf6 31.Tb1 Ac6 32.Tb4 Axd7 33.Cxd7+ Txd7

½–½
Perpinya Rofes,Lluis Maria (2366) - Grigoryan,Karen H (2570) [B35]
Badalona op 43rd Badalona (4), 05.08.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Ac4 0–0 8.Ab3 d5 9.exd5 Ca5 10.Df3
[10.0–0 Cxb3 11.Cxb3 b6 12.Dd2 Ab7 13.Tad1 Dc7 14.d6 Dc6 15.f3 Tfd8 16.De2 Txd6 las negras están muy
bien]

10...Cxb3 11.axb3 Ag4 12.Dg3 Ah5 13.d6 Cg4 Una idea muy activa! 14.0–0 Ae5 15.f4 Axd6 16.h3 Cxe3
17.Dxe3 Ac5 18.Ta4 b5 19.Ccxb5 Db6 20.Ca3 Tfd8 21.c3 Dxb3 22.Tc4 Axd4 23.Txd4 Txd4 24.Dxd4 Dxb2
25.Cc4 Db3 26.Te1 Tc8 27.Txe7 Dd1+ 28.Dxd1 Axd1 29.Cd6 Ta8 30.Cxf7 a5 31.Cg5 a4 32.Cxh7 Ta6
33.Cg5 a3 34.Te8+ Rg7 35.Te7+ Rf8 36.Te1 Ab3 37.Cf3 a2 38.Ta1 Td6 39.Cd4 Ac4 40.Cc2 Td2 41.Cb4 Rf7
42.Rh2 Te2 43.Tc1 Re6 44.Rg3 Tb2 45.Te1+ Rd6 46.Tc1 Rc5 47.Te1 Te2 48.Ta1 Td2 49.Te1 Te2 50.Ta1
Rb5 51.Rf3 Tb2 52.Tc1 Ra4 53.g4 Ra3 54.Cxa2 Txa2 55.Rg3 Rb2 56.Te1 Rxc3 57.Rh4 Rd4 58.Rg5 Ad3
59.Te8 Ae4 60.h4 Tg2 61.h5 gxh5 62.Rxh5 Re3 63.Rg5 Rf3 64.f5 Txg4+ 65.Rf6 Tf4 66.Te5 Ad3 67.Td5
Ac4 68.Tc5 Aa2 69.Tc3+ Rg4 70.Rg6 Ab1 71.Rf6 Txf5+ 72.Re7 Rf4 73.Tc1 Ad3 74.Rd6 Re4 75.Td1 Rd4
76.Re6 Tg5 77.Rf6 Tg6+ 78.Rf7 Ta6 79.Te1 Ae4 80.Te2 Re5 81.Te1 Ta7+ 82.Rf8 Rd5 83.Td1+ Re6 84.Te1
Tf7+ 85.Rg8 Tf4 86.Rg7 Tg4+ 87.Rf8 Rf6 88.Re8 Af5 89.Rf8 Th4

0–1

What certainly doesn’t look remotely critical is this game continuation of 9.Nxc6?! bxc6
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxb2 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Rxd8+
Rxd8 16.f3 Bd4 17.Kf2 Kf8 18.Re1 Bxe3+ 19.Kxe3 e5 20.g4 Rd4 where, with the more
active rook and White being unable to mobilise his passed c-pawn, Black was for
preference in Dervishi, E - Guseinov, G where eventually the full point was ground out.

Dervishi,Erald (2552) - Guseinov,Gadir (2646) [B35]

Wch Rapid Riadh (1), 26.12.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Ac4 0–0 8.Ab3 d5 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.exd5
Cxd5 11.Cxd5 cxd5 12.Dxd5 Axb2 13.Td1 Aa6 14.Dxd8 Tfxd8 15.Txd8+ Txd8 16.f3 Ad4 17.Rf2 Rf8
18.Te1 Axe3+ 19.Rxe3 e5 20.g4 Td4 21.Rf2 f6 22.Te3 Td2+ 23.Rg1 g5 24.Tc3 Ab7 25.Ae6 e4 26.fxe4
Axe4 27.Tc7 a6 28.Ab3 Re8 29.h3 Tg2+ 30.Rf1 Th2 31.Ta7 Txh3 32.Txa6 f5 33.gxf5 Axf5 34.Ta5 Tf3+
35.Re2 Tf4 36.a4 g4 37.Ad5 Axc2 38.Ta8+ Re7 39.a5 Rd6 40.Re3 Ta4 41.Ag2 Rc7 42.Ta7+ Rd6 43.Ta8
Rc7 44.Ta7+ Rd6 45.Ta8 Af5 46.a6 Ad7 47.Af1 Ta1 48.Ag2 Re5 49.a7 Ta3+ 50.Rf2 Ta2+ 51.Rg3 Txg2+
52.Rxg2 Ac6+ 53.Rg3 Axa8 54.Rxg4 Rf6

0–1
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Cc3 0–0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0–0
Cxd4 10.Axd4 Ae6 11.Te1

Accelerated Dragon Maroczy Bind 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 d6

9.0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11 Re1 [B38]
Still in the Accelerated Dragon, but moving on to the Maroczy bind is Fier, A - Das, A
where after 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6, after a Symmetrical English
move order, rather than the more common 11 Qd2, 11 Rc1 or 11 f4, White deployed the
rare 11.Re1:

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Fier,Alexandr (2576) - Das,Arghyadip (2451) [B38]

Hastings Masters 1718 Hastings (3), 30.12.2017

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.Cf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Ag7 6.e4 0–0 7.Ae2 Cc6 8.Ae3 d6 9.0–0 Cxd4 10.Axd4 Ae6
11.Te1 Tc8 [11...Cd7 este orden es muy sólido y busca finales con mejor proyección 12.Cd5 Axd4 13.Dxd4
Axd5 14.exd5 Db6 15.Dd2 Ce5 16.b3 a5 17.h4 f5 18.Df4 Tf6 19.Tac1 Dc5]

12.b3 Da5 13.Af1 a6 14.a4 Axc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.Aa7 Dxc3 17.Tb1 Cd7 18.Txb7 Cc5 19.Tb1 Ah6 20.Ab6
Dd2 21.a5 Tc6 22.g3 Rg7 23.Df3 Dc2 24.Ta1 Tb8 25.Da3 Db3 26.Axc5 dxc5 27.Ted1 Dc2 28.Ad3 Db3
29.Ae2 Dxa3 30.Txa3 Tb2 31.Rf1 Ad2 32.Tda1 Td6 33.Ag4 Ab4 34.T3a2 Txa2 35.Txa2 Rf8 36.Ac8 Td2
37.Ta4 Td8 38.Ab7 Tb8 39.Axa6
½–½

The point behind this innocuous looking rook move is to drop the bishop back to f1 and
then park the knight on d5 so as to annoy Black in the fashion that that move always does!
Not seen that much in practice, actually White’s results have been rather good.

Now, after 11...Rc8 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bf1 a6, rather than continue with his main plan of 14
Nd5, the talented young Brazilian GM decided to keep Black’s ...b5 break in check with
14.a4 but then was possibly surprised when Black dabbled in the tactic 14...Bxc4 15.bxc4
e5 Then upon 16.Ba7 Qxc3 17.Rb1 White was maybe only marginally better. He has the
bishop pair but they're not so great right now and although Black has a backward pawn on
d6, Black (who is currently a pawn up) could equally target one or two of the white pawns.
As it happens Black got on top before the end of a game where a draw seemed like a fair
result!

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Cc3 0–0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0–0 Ad7 10.Dd2 Cxd4
11.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Cd7 14.Ae3 Cc5 15.Tab1 Ae5

Accelerated Dragon Maroczy Bind 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Qd2

Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5
15.Rab1 Be5 [B38]
Istratescu, A - Horvath, J sees a debut for 15...Be5: y según la estadística aquí Db6 sigue
estando bien para las negras.

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Istratescu,Andrei (2583) - Horvath,Jozsef (2522) [B38]
Donau op 26th Aschach (5), 29.12.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 Cf6 7.Cc3 d6 8.Ae2 0–0 9.0–0 Ad7 10.Dd2 Cxd4
11.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Cd7 14.Ae3 Cc5 15.Tab1 Ae5 16.Tfd1 e6 17.De1 De7 18.Af1 f5 19.exf5 Txf5
20.Ce2 Tf7 21.Cd4 Ad7 22.Dd2 b6 23.g3 Td8 24.f4 Ag7 25.Ag2 De8 26.Te1 Rh8 27.Tbd1 d5 28.cxd5 exd5
29.f5 gxf5 30.Axd5 Ce4 31.Axf7 Dxf7 32.Dd3 Ac6 33.Df1 Aa8 34.Cxf5 Tf8 35.Cxg7 Dxg7 36.Ad4

1–0

So 16.Rfd1 e6 then highlights a main idea behind Black's last move. The bishop guards the
d6-pawn with f3-f4 not easily achievable due to the potential loss of the e4-pawn.
Advancing the e-pawn sees it control the d5-square but also offers the black queen access
to the kingside with the likes of the probing ...Qh4 on the menu. The big debate then comes
after 17.Qe1 Qe7 18.Bf1 and in general whether Black should be deploying 18...f5 As it
happens 19.exf5! Rxf5 20.Ne2!? Rf7 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Qd2 b6 23.g3 Rd8 24.f4 Bg7
25.Bg2 Qe8 26.Re1 Kh8 27.Rbd1 clearly left White in the driving seat but the notes
suggest some improvements for Black.