The Accelerated Dragon - a sharp weapon against 1.e4

Endelig en ny, frisk og kompetent presentasjon av den aksellererte dragevarianten i siciliansk for svart. Stormester Kosintseva avslører hemmelighetene sine om favorittåpningen i mange år, nå som hun selv har lagt opp og bare er sjakktrener...

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After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6! leads to the so-called “Accelerated Dragon Defense” of the Sicilian, which is characterised by the idea to achieve the thematic central break d7-d5 in one move (in contrast to the “Dragon Variation”, in which Black plays d7-d6).

On this DVD the Russian grandmaster and top women player Nadezhda Kosintseva reveals the secrets of her favourite opening. Kosintseva has played the Accelerated Dragon for many years and achieved a lot of success with it. You too can accelerate your opening – with this complete repertoire for Black against 1.e4!

On move five White has basically two continuations. First, 5.c4 – the popular Maroczy system, against which Kosintseva has a number of strong recommendation in store. Second, the “Open Variation” 5.Nc3, against which the grandmaster offers no less than two promising systems: the modern dynamic treatment with a quick d7-d5, which is a firm part of the repertoire of top grandmaster Boris Gelfand from Israel, who employed this line successfully on a number of occasions in 2017 which made it very popular. And the quieter, strategic approach with …d6 and … Qa5, which gives the game an entirely different character.

Kosintseva explains the theoretical main lines and side lines of the Accelerated Dragon, but also the many strategic finesses of this opening with its typical plans and pawn breaks (such as d7-d5 and b7-b5), and of course she also shows clever tactical stratagems such as the classical Sicilian exchange sacrifice ...Rxc3 followed by ...Nxe4. The material learnt can be practised with interactive tasks with video feedback which makes you fit for the practical game – and helps you to make your opponent sweat!

• Video running time: 4 h 51 min(English) • With interactive training incuding video feedback • Extra: Database with model games • Including CB Reader

Nadezhda Kosintseva was born 1985 in Arkhangelsk, Russia, and for many years she and her sister Tatiana had been the strongest pair of sisters in chess, and both sisters won many titles. Nadezhda Kosintseva was U10-European Champion Girls 1995, U12-European Champion Girls 1997, and U18 European Champion Girls 2000. 1998 she became U14 World Champion Girls, and in 2008 she was Russian National Woman Champion. In 2009 the World Chess Federation FIDE voted her as “Women Player of the Year” after she had not lost a single game in that year. In 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 she played for the Russian Women’s team in the Chess Olympiads. In 2010 and 2012 she won gold for the team, and in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2012 she won gold for best individual player on her board. 2007, 2009, and 2011 Nadezhda Kosintseva also won the European Team Championship with the Russian team. In 2002 she became a Women Grandmaster, in 2011 she became a Grandmaster. In 2010 she had a rating of 2576 and was number five on the women’s ranking list. In 2013 Nadezhda Kosintseva withdrew from tournament chess. She currently lives with her family in the USA and works as a chess trainer.