DragonMasters - Volume 1

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The Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defense – known simply as ‘the Dragon’ to its acolytes and opponents – truly stands atop any list of fans’ favorites, the mythical scaly beast lending its name to perhaps the most dangerous and nerve-wracking of all chess openings.This book aims to chart the life story of this most epic of chess variations through the eyes of the brightest and best Dragon Masters, from its inception to its 21st century status. Along the way we will recall the perils and pitfalls that exist in the often wild and as yet untamed Dragon landscape. Intimately connected to these battles are the anti-Dragon warriors – those who have dedicated years to inventing ever more clever methods of slaying the Dragon. Just as the Dragon attracted world champions such as Botvinnik, Kasparov and Carlsen to its cohorts, so too were figures such as Spassky, Fischer and Karpov committed to breaking its spirit. The popularity and theoretical status (often, though not always, intertwined) of all major openings rise and fall like empires, destined to lie in dust, only to find themselves miraculously revived and rebuilt by new generations.