14 Accelerated Dragons Dd5 Wc 23 c3 +) 13 Dd4 &d7 14 gl e5 15 Ade2 We7 16 a4 Hfe8 17 Wel exf4 18 Dxf4 Dc4 19 DcdS Wa8 20 b3 @xd5 2-2 Zapata-Petursson, St Martin 1992. 1b) 8...2xc3 9 bxc3 AL6 10 £d3 We7 11 Dd4 De5 led to an interesting position in the game Caposciutti-Brod- sky, Cannes-Martinez 1992. A draw resulted after 12 £4 @xd3 13 cxd3 Wxc3 14 Dxe6 fxe6 15 Hb1 b6 16 2b2 We6 17 Wb3 Wd7 18 Hbcl Bc8 19 Exc8+ Wxc8 20 Hcl Wd7 21 e5 dxe5 22 &xe5 0-0 23 Hc7 Wd5 24 Wxd5 @®xd5 25 Hxa7. 2) 6...Df6 7 Ac3 0-0 8 0-0 and now Black has: 2a) 8...d6 enters the Classical Varia- tion of the Dragon after 9 &e3 or 9 &g5 (both these lines are outside the scope of this book). 2b) 8...b6!? is a Skembris idea: 9 S&g5 Rb7 10 £4 (10 Wd2 Mc8! 11 £4 b5! gives Black active play) 10...d6 11 £3 Dd7 12 Hoi Dc5 13 Dds £6 14 Sh4 6 15 Dc3 g5 16 Rg3 gxf4 17 Rxf4 DeS 18 Bg4 We7 19 Dd4 Axed 20 Wxg4 @h8 gives Black reasonable play since 21 Zbd1 runs into 21...f5!, Kotronias-Skembris, Karditsa 1994. 2c) 8...a5! (this tries to make the most of the Accelerated move-order: Black is still dreaming of a ...d7-d5 ad- vance) 9 a4 (less challenging is 9 &g5 a4 10 @d2 a3 11 b3 Wa5 12 “b5 d5 with good play for Black, Schlick- Brendel, Bundesliga 1993/4) 9...Db4 (D), when White has tried the follow- ing moves: 2cl) 10 &£3 d6 11 Ad5 (also pos- sible is 11 @d4; then Tompa-Hodg- son, Copenhagen 1983 saw White get aslight plus after 11...$.g4!? 12 &xg4 e WY a “si x 2W x a = \N ‘a's \\\ de Y a xX aa a Ame Si man i SAMS Ae a gwiks ioe 2 {interesting is 12 DdS DbxdS 13 Rxg4 Dxe4 14 De6 fxe6 15 Rxeb+ Bhs 16 Vxd5 Dxf2! 17 Mxf2 We 18 RF3 Add 19 We2 5} 12...Axg4 13 Ddb5 De5 14 Ad5! Hc8?! 15 c3! 4; however, as Black I wouldn’t stay awake nights worrying about 10 23) 11...Dfxd5 12 exd5 RF5 13 c3 Dd3 14 Re3 We8 15 Wd2 De5 16 Re2 Bc4 17 Bxc4 Wxc4 18 Ba3 Ba6 19 Hdl Hb8 20 Aci bS 21 axb5 Bxb5 22 £3 Ha8 23 &g5 Bab8 24 &xe7 Hxb2 25 We3 He8 26 g4 Exe7 27 Wxe7 We5+ 28 #h1 Wf2 0-1 G.Gurevich- Mariasin, Israel 1992. 2c2) 10 £47! Wb6+! 11 h1. Now the simple 11...d6 is very comfortable for Black, while 11...d5!? 12 e5 Ae4 13 Dd4 £6 14 exf6 Rxf6 15 Re3 @xc3 16 bxc3 Dc6 17 Mol Wes 18 Hb5 Wd6 19 &f3 e6 20 g3 Wa3 21 Hb3 Wxa4 22 Abs Rd7 23 &c5 Ae7 24 @d4 Wc4 led to enormous compli- cations in B.Lengyel-Silman, Buda- pest 1994 (eventually 0-1). 2c3) 10 #h1 d5 11 e5 Ded 12 £4 £6 13 exf6 exf6 14 AbS £5 15 c3 Dc6 16 &e3 Re6 led to a game with even chances in Zapata-La Flair, New York 1993,