Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon - Vigorito (2011)

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Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon by International Master David Vigorito is part of a new series by Everyman that is a break from traditional opening books that attempt to cover all variations in a comprehensive fashion. Recognizing that the explosion of opening theory in the past decade has made such books all but impossible to write and even harder to use, this series focuses instead on the most critical lines of the past five years. 

This selectivity can be seen in the variations Vigorito has chosen to cover. The reader will not find lesser lines like the Levenfish (6.f4), Classical (6.Be2) or Fianchetto variations (6.g3) where Black has no existing theoretical difficulties. Nor will they find Black tries in the Yugoslav Attack with Qa5 which however exciting have proved wanting against precise play. Instead Vigorito covers the following critical variations: 

Part I: 9 Bc4 Bd7 

1 Soltis Variation: 10 0-0-0 Rc8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 h4 h5 9 

2 Modern Variation: 10 0-0-0 Rc8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 Kb1 58 

3 Topalov Variation: 10 0-0-0 Rc8 11 Bb3 Nxd4 89 

4 Chinese Variation: 10 0-0-0 Rb8 116 

5 Accelerated Variation: 10 Bb3 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 b5 141 

Part II: 9 0-0-0 and 9 g4 165 

6 9 0-0-0 d5 10 exd5 167 

7 9 0-0-0 d5 10 Qe1 206 

8 9 0-0-0 d5 10 Kb1 225 

9 9 0-0-0 Nxd4 and 9...Bd7 255 

10 9 g4