Sunday, March 29, 2009

Sicilian Defence (B70-B79) - Dragon - Opening Theory

 Sicilian Dragon Chess Resources

Sicilian Dragon Defence Wikipedia Page 
General Knowledge about this opening
   
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6


Bishops Bounty Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack Page (B75-B79)
Bunch of Stuff below on Yugoslav (Made this other page awhile back)

BOOKS (Free)

The Sicilian Dragon (New and Revised) - 244 pg PDF
Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon by David Vigorito - 323 Page PDF 
Dismantling the Sicilian: A Complete Repertoire for White by Jesus de la Villa - 336 page PDF


Chessable   ( Free Sicilian Dragon Courses)

The Sicilian Dragon- Tournament Edition - 28 Variations (10 to 15 Moves Deep)
Short & Sweet: The Sicilian Dragon - 21 Trainable Variations
Short & Sweet: Dragon Sicilian - 24 Variations (41 Min Video) GM Anish Giri
     (Learn The Variations through the Course then Use the Move-trainer to practice them)


Sicilian Dragon Chess Articles

Sicilian Defense: How to Play the Sicilian Dragon - Article with a few Embedded Videos
Sicilian Dragon - Simplify Chess - How, Why , Every Move Explained and Variations.
The Sicilian Dragon Opening and Theory - Another Nice article with Embedded Videos.
Sicilian Dragon: Complete Guide - WGM Raluca Sgîrcea, IM Renier Castellanos
Dragon Sicilian Defense Guide! -  Simple Guide By IM Alberto Chueca
Basic Sicilian Dragon Lesson - Lesson with a few example games
How to Bust the Sicilian Dragon Sidelines - Article by IM Miodrag Perunovic 
Sicilian Dragon vs Fianchestto - Article by IM Miodrag Perunovic Chess.com Articles 
The Deadly Dragon - by GM Prasad and GM Panchanathan  & Silman 
Chess Opening Basics: The Sicilian Dragon - In-Depth guide Chessable Blog
Sicilian Dragon Theory - Website with Annotated games and Chessbase Downloads of Book. 


Sicilian Dragon LiChess Studies

Sicilian Dragon Quickstarter - 7 Chapter Study
Sicilian Dragon (The Complete Study) - 24 Chapter Study (329 hearts)
SicilianDragon/Yugoslav Attack: Variation -  10 Chapter Study
Sicilian Dragon  - 10 Chapter Interactive Study (6400+ Hearts)


Games Database

B70 - B79 Sicilian Dragon Page - 365Chess.com  (List of Variations and Links to games)
Sicilian Dragon Annotated Games -  28 Games - Chessgames.com
Annotated Games 
Shahade,G vs Mezentsev V. (B77) - Annotated by Boris Schipkov 
Polgar J vs Kaidanov - Annotated by Susan Polgar C


Sicilian Dragon Chess Video Lessons

Sicilian Defense Theory - 22 Video Playlist - Hanging Pawns (10 hrs Video)
Dragon Playlist - 9 Video Playlist  - Japanese Tutor
Sicilian Dragon Masterclass - 9 Video Playlist - Chessgeek

Sicilian Defense Series - 22 Videos from Hanging Pawns (around 10 Hrs Worth)

Sicilian Dragon Chess Traps

EVERYONE falls for this opening TRAP in Sicilian Dragon - 12 Min


St Louis Chess Club

Ultra-Aggressive Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack - Chess Openings Explained - 45 Min
Unleash the Dragon | Kids' Class - IM Vitaly Neimer - 27 Min
Tame Your Dragon! | Chess and Psychology - IM Dorsa Derakhshani - 2 hr


Sicilian Dragon Game Videos (w/Analysis)

Sicilian Defense: Dragon  - 116 Video Playlist - Kingscrusher
Sicilian Dragon Chess Games - 38 Video playlist - Chess with Suren

  
 Games PGN Mentor Downloads 
SicilianDragonOther6.pgn
Sicilian, Dragon
Other 6th moves
4829 games
1.e4 c5 2.Knightf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Knightxd4 Knightf6 5.Knightc3 g6 6.g3, f4, f3, Bishopg5
SicDragon6Be2-6Bc4.pgn
Sicilian, Dragon
6.Bishope2 and 6.Bishopc4
5423 games
1.e4 c5 2.Knightf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Knightxd4 Knightf6 5.Knightc3 g6 6.Bishope2, Bishopc4
SicilianDragonYugoslav.pgn
Sicilian, Dragon
Yugoslav Attack
20738 games
1.e4 c5 2.Knightf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Knightxd4 Knightf6 5.Knightc3 g6 6.Bishope3 Bishopg7 7.f3



Monday, March 2, 2009

Free Online Chess Study Courses

Chess Course Resources Online 

Chess Books (Free)


Chess Teaching Manual by IM Tom O'Donnell -303 page PDF
    (Produced by the Chess Federation of Canada)

A Course In Chess Tactics by Dejan Bojkov, Vladimir Georgiev - 193 Page PDF

Chess Visualization Course - Book 1: General Tactics by Ian Anderson - 328 Page PDF

Silman's Complete Endgame Course - 543 Page PDF

101 Essential Chess Tips - 101 Page PDF

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Chess.com - Chock full of Free Beginner lessons.

Chessable Free Courses - Over 100 Free Courses. You set up an account and you can use any 5  FREE courses at one time. Also allows the use of Movetrainer.
(Hands Down one of the best Free Resources Online for Chess Study)  

Lichess Learn Lichess (Everything here is free) full of videos, interactive lessons and study plans.


Predator at the Chessboard - A field guide to chess tactics. Lots of Lessons on tactics with practical examples and quiz's. This is a really nice free site for anyone wanting to improve their tactics.


How to Get to 1900 - (A Rapid Improvement Chess Course for all Class Players)
by John Coffee
15 Steps From Intro - 1900. Each Step is broken into 3-5 parts.(Tactics, Opening, Endgame, Critical Positions and Reviewing Games) There is a great Deal of free info here for anyone trying to improve with Hundreds of problems and Lessons.


Building Chess Habits
 -  (Link is to 31 Video Playlist) A course on Improvement from 400 ELO - 2000 ELO    
31 Videos with over 60 Hours of FREE instruction by GM Aman Hambleton


Beginner Lessons

Chesskid.com  -  Offers Instruction to help Kids learn Chess (Lessons and Videos Very nice)
Chess Lab  - Basics are covered
US Chess Federation Beginner Course
Chess Corner Learn Chess Guide - Bunch of Very nice lessons right up to intermediate stuff.


Home of the Free Chess Course

ChessCourse.com - Beginner Course - 28 Lessons
ChessCourse.com Intermediate Course - 30 Lessons


Pretty General Lessons for the Beginning Player