Learn the Sicilian Defense and Relax ♔ Dragon Variation ♔ ASMR

Learn a solid chess opening for black with many attacking chances. In this video I teach you the fundamentals of the Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation. You’ll learn the basic strategy, important tactics and how to defend against the most common attacks from white. The video is aimed at beginners and players unfamiliar with the Siclian Defense Dragon Variation, but includes insights relevant for even experienced players. I also go over a game between Vishy Anand and Garry Kasparov, where we see how the Sicilian Dragon can be played at the highest level of chess.

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Here is the game Anand vs. Kasparov that I give towards the end of the video

[Event "Kasparov - Anand PCA World Championship Match"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1995.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5
13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nde2 b5 16.Bh6 Qa5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Nf4 Rfc8 19.Ncd5 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Kf8 22.Re1 Rb8
23.b3 Rc5 24.Nf4 Rbc8 25.Kb2 a5 26.a3 Kg7 27.Nd5 Be6 28.b4
axb4 29.axb4 Rc4 30.Nb6 Rxb4+ 31.Ka3 Rxc2 0-1