1 Classical Lines: White plays 2e2 Quite often White will avoid the intri- cacies of the main lines of the Acceler- ated Dragon by trying to transpose into the Classical Dragon (usually reached by 1 4 c5 2 Df3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Dxd4 46 5 Dc3 26 6 Re2) with a quick 2e2. Black, of course, can al- low this, but he can also attempt to prove that the Accelerated move-order (putting off ...d7-d6) makes Black’s life easy due to the possibility of push- ing his d-pawn two squares instead of one, 1 e4 c5 2 DF3 Dc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Axd4 265 Dc3 The usual move. Note that 5 &e3, trying to trick Black into a line of the Maroczy Bind that he may not have intended to play (by 5 2e3 &g7 6 c4) actually allows Black to avoid the Ma- roczy Bind altogether with 5...Af6! 6 Bc3 &g7. You will run into this move-order quite a bit, so keep this point in mind. White can also consider 5 b3 with the intention of only poe ®c3 after Black has played ...2f6, blocking the g7-bishop and stopping an eventual ..Rxe3+, After 5...2g7 6 Re2 (D) Black can try two moves: 1) 6...d67 0-0 Re6 (7...2d7 8 Dc3 &xc3 9 bxc3 DL 10 Rd3 We7 11 £4 0-0-0 12 We2 h6 13 c4 g5 "2-1 J.Sgr- ensen-Sloth, Herning 1991) 8 c3 A Vo ‘yy HAR Hagwe Md Zs (not to be recommended is 8 £4 Wic8 9 4 (9 2£3 must be better} 9...a5, when Black already has the more comfort- able position; Torre-Miles, Biel 1977 continued 10 a4? @b4 11 A3d2 £5! 12 Gh1 DAf6 13 Dc3 0-0 14 AdS Rxd5 15 exd5 e6! 16 dxe6 Wxe6 17 2£3 Hae8 18 &xb7 Dg4 19 Rd5 Dxd5 20 cxdS Wxd5 21 Wb3 WE7 22 Wxf7+ 3xf7 23 £3 Hb7 and Black soon con- verted his advantage into a win) and now: la) 8...2c8 9 £4 Df6 gives us a rare sideline of the normal Classical; a sample: 10 #h1 a6 11 Re3 0-0 12 £3 Da5 (12...Dd7 13 Red Qxg4 14 Wrxg4 turned out badly for Black in Kupreichik-Larsen, Esbjerg 1988: 14...b6 15 We2 “d7 16 Had1 Aas 17 Dxa5 Wxa5 18 e5 Mfe8 19 We4 Dv6 20 exd6 exd6 21 Rxb6 Wxb6 22