Reddit Opening of the Week - The Open Sicilian - Dragons

Reddit/chess decided that an "opening of the week" presentation would be a great way for everyone to improve their chess, and this week (Feb. 1st - 7th) will be mine, covering the Open Sicilian.

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This video is the second in a series that takes a deeper dive into the theoretical intricacies of specific variations of the Open Sicilian. Covered here are all of the Dragon variations, lines where Black develops their dark-squared bishop to g7 with ...g6. The normal Dragon is one of the sharpest and most exciting variations out there, and the Accelerated Dragon is one of the trickiest!

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

THE NORMAL DRAGON (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)

1. Intro, General Ideas, and Move Order Issues: 0:00 - 13:22
2. Yugoslav Attack with 9.O-O-O: 13:23 - 51:09
2a. 9.O-O-O Bd7: 13:22 - 22:22
2b. 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1: 22:22 - 35:00
2c. 9.O-O-O d5: 35:00 - 51:09
3. Yugoslav Attack with 9.Bc4 51:09 - 2:02:22
3a. The Soltis Variation and 12.Kb1: 51:09 - 1:46:29
3b. The Topalov Variation: 1:46:29 - 2:02:22

THE ACCELERATED DRAGON (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6)

4. Intro, General Ideas, Move Order Issues: 2:02:22 - 2:03:25
5. Attempting to enter the Yugoslav with 5.Nc3: 2:03:25 - 2:31:36
6. The Maroczy Bind with 5.c4: 2:31:36 - 2:52:42

CONCLUSION
7. Dragons Summary: 2:52:42 - 2:55:28