What's new in April 2004

To download the April '04 Dragon Sicilian games directly in PGN form click here:

I am catching up slowly, and this month's offerings are:

Emms - Longson: Positional play turns tactical as a GM 'blunders' the exchange against an up-and-coming England junior.

Sollid - Lie: Another non-standard Dragon move order with an early black queen sortie throwing a spanner in the works:

Karklins - Arnold: How not to play the Black side of the Levenfish Dragon.

A theme worth taking note of.

Konijn - Borst: Another non-Yugoslav Attack line that can be dangerous for the unprepared Dragon player.

Lahno - Jobava: I promised last month another idea for Black in the 9 0-0-0 d5 10 Kb1 Yugoslav:

and though I still feel happy with the old stuff, here I deliver.

Szabo - Boros: Regarding the 9 Bc4 Yugoslav Attack, it seems that ...Qa5 refuses to die. But why are strong White players eschewing the critical lines?

Toma - Cernousek: A delightfully simple game for Black in the Chinese variation.

May up soon and then we'll have June! I'm a poet and don't I know it!

Bye for now.

Chris

To get in touch with me, either leave a message for me on the Dragons Forum, or email me at Chris Ward@ChessPublishing.com (for subscribers only!)