Hyperaccelerated Dragon (2...g6) | Sicilian Defense Theory

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Stjepan Tomic (Hanging Pawns)OpeningSicilian defense

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The Hyperaccelerated Dragon is the most positional of all three major "Dragons". It often leads to hard strategical battles in the center.

Here are the videos on the Dragon and on the Accelerated Dragon. Watch them to get an understanding of the g6 move in the Sicilian:

Dragon pt.1: youtu.be/Q4_OTquKti0
Dragon pt.2: youtu.be/Up_bhR0McTQ
Accelerated Dragon: youtu.be/rd1eKLJ3DGQ

The Hyperaccelerated Dragon is signified by the move g6, same as the other variations. The difference is that here black plays it on move 2. not waiting to develop the knight to c6 or to play d6, black immediately prepares to fianchetto his bishop on g7.

White can play four different moves:

3. d4 is the main line
3. c4 creates the Maroczy Bind and transposes to the Accelerated Dragon almost every time
3. c3 is what I find the most useful and unique appoach for white. It's very different to what you normally get in g6 Sicilians
3. Bc4, the fourth most common move and the least challenging move for black to face

Study them all, regardless of which side of the Hyperaccelerated Dragon you play. The thing is that by transposition you could find yourself in unfamiliar territory in a blink of an eye

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