One of the remarkable things about the Accelerated Dragon is its appeal to players with vastly different styles.Compare Bent Larsen, the epitome of dynamic, offbeat, risky chess, with Sergei Tiviakov, who claimed in an interview recently that his style has been shaped most by Petrosian (who was a great Accelerated Dragon devotee himself), Smyslov, and Karpov - both these players have championed the Accelerated Dragon as their main weapon against 1.e4 and yet their styles are in many ways polar opposites of each other!
In this book,
International Master Raja Panjwani presents a repertoire for Black. He demonstrates from the second move on a dynamic way to fight 1. e4.
He covers all of White's main variations and sidelines and even the most critical 'Maroczy bind' gets a new treatment.
Raja's book is recommended for all players that are eager to enter the critical lines in this exciting Sicilian.
A note from the author:This book presents a repertoire for Black after (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6) - the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon. I am relatively lax about distinguishing between "Accelerated Dragon" (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6) and "Hyper-Accelerated Dragon", and I use the two interchangeably unless to emphasize move order nuances, for example, "the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon avoids the Rossolimo". However, this is not merely "a" Hyper-Accelerated Dragon repertoire, it is my repertoire, and I present the material as such, from a first person perspective, making brazen use of my own games and offering personal anecdotes and opinions. This stylistic choice risks my coming across as presumptuous and at times even boastful, but my hope is rather that the conversational mode of presentation makes readers feel as though I am their tour guide through what might otherwise feel like an insurmountable labyrinth of variations.
