The Trickiest Dragon Line Brought me Sooo Many Wins!!

Chess Opening:
Sicilian Defense - Dragon Variation:
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7
7.f3 0-0
8.Qd2 Nc6
9.0-0-0 Bd7
10.g4 Rc8
11.h4 Ne5
12.Kb1 Qa5
0:00 Intro
16:54 13.h5
23:04 13.g5
24:20 13.Nb3
25:44 13.Be2
28:55 13.Nd5
Chess International Master and FIDE Senior Trainer, Miodrag Perunovic.
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[@xo7151]

AM I IN HEAVEN???. MIODRAG LISTENED TO MY SUGGESTION TO CREATE THIS VIDEO, THIS IS AWESOME DUDE!!! MEGA LIKE

[@TheBrontologist]

awesome is right, sweet video!

[@nortonalves3391]

Mio "The greatest teacher" Perunovic, delivering once again for the fans of Dragon! (My favorite opening btw)

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Agree, the Sicilian Dragon Is so Much fun(at least until 18-1900 were White usually knows the Jugoslav Attack, then Is Just a Little less fun😆)

[@nortonalves3391]

@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici Oh I love to play vs the Yugoslav, white generally trades down if he knows what he is doing

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Ovviously Is not unbeatable, but i was often on the White side of the Jugoslav Attack and it's more fun than beiing the black side, at least for me.

[@agentsmith9641]

Ive played the dragon for years on and off,and this has to be one of the most straight forward attacking ideas thats sticks with you ive seen.

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

Dhanyavaad ji (thankyou sire!! ) We will move together Mr.Miodrag Perunovic.....🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@timothereach7010]

my dragon repertoire wasn't complete without this beautiful variation, thank you for the video !

[@juancamilogutman164]

I can't believe how good this content Is. Thank you.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

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[@moosewild4239]

I'm just a casual player and never play the dragon. This makes me want to learn this more. Nice job of instruction.

[@texasAUtiger]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@fandastruhal5231]

Perfect video, Mr. Miodrag ., perfect comment .👍. Thank you...

[@filipmanov8951]

this video filled me with childlike joy and excitement , thank you so much

[@kennstedas]

you seem genuinely excited! hyped for the content.

[@rucjos]

Can't thank you enough for the Be2 Slay the Sicilian line, it has brought me so many victories. And now this is also a tricky line which I am going to adopt as black in Sicilian. Thanks Miodrag for your efforts!

[@omahoung7750]

Great opening, great analysis, and great stories!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

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[@Bahomar]

great content! thanks for the insight

[@brandonbuckmaster3077]

Mio...I have a favor to ask. I'm picking up the taimanov sicilian for black and was hoping you could do a game or however many you might like to play to show ideas and strategies in it. Unfortunately there's not a lot of content on the taimanov Sicilian that I've seen. I thank you for your time and it's always a pleasure to watch you play and teach.

[@C_HossamMohamed]

Great job 🔥 💪

[@vffzbr]

Late here, but happy because this is one of the best Dragon's lecture ever! Great Mio, thank you A LOT 😀👏👏👏 My best regards 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Very kind words! Thank you 🙏

[@christoptosis364]

This is awesome! I love sacrificing the exchange on c3 so I can’t wait to try this out!

[@nickmason1307]

Fantastic video!

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[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

You actually deserve 100k subs, no other channel is as instructive as yours

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks a lot! I am happy with 10K 👍

[@roryharvey2727]

For an amateur this looks extremely complicated - but I will definitely use it when I start using the Sicilian

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Good luck Rory!

[@Piki1809]

Fantastic ! Thanks

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[@Piki1809]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Thank you again for sharing !

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

@@Piki1809 You’re most welcome 🤗

[@tengu8560]

Hi you prob won’t read this but I like your way of teaching, you go straight to the point and you don’t treat the watcher as stupid and explain every move like if people were toddlers, you earned a sub 👍

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

I red this and thank you for your words 😉

[@bortje100]

Top Notch like always. Could give some advice (or will this come in future videos?) middlegame plans when White plays an early Bc4. I am giving the Dragon a go on the internet but most people play this Bc4 and I am not sure what my plans are supposed to be.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Bc4 will come soon!

[@s.m.j.tayebi]

very nice Mio

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks 🙏

[@lyubomirstefanov5276]

I lost faith in the dragon some time ago. Thank you for this video! I'll give it chance one more time

[@michaele.2583]

Very nice, thanks a lot, but why is there never a lecture on yt about white castleing short in the dragon-variation, what would be wrong with that, to avoid all these pitfalls!?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Nothing is wrong, according to the latest analysis, White doesn’t have anything there and its pretty boring for viewers!

[@mwgood523]

Incredible analysis! Very impressive ideas! I've started playing this line recently and you covered all the major responses from White. It seems the "worst" black can do is get "chances," while black frequently wins due to the precision White must play with to survive or win. "Golden ideas." I guess I should get back to studying the KID, but the Dragon is so much fun! LOL ;) -Mike

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks Mike, enjoy other videos and analysis, more to come these days after a while!

[@entertainmentforever7321]

nice video!

[@manassehmusonga9259]

The best dragon i have ever seen. better than reading a book.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks!

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

In the 13. Nd5 line, I thought it was known that white should take back on d2 with the bishop rather than the rook. The play is similar but you don't have the constant issue of a bishop hanging on e3. Similarly, you analyse Short's 18. Bh6 but (afaik) current theory prefers 18. Nd4, which scores well for white. Finally, in the 13. Be2 and 17. Nb3 line, could black try 17...b6, in order to meet 18. Bd4 with ...Nc6? That looks like a possible way to fight for control of the a1-h8 diagonal if the extra tempo is not fatal somehow. In any case, a really really good video, full of useful high-level analysis and examples. Thank you!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

18. Nd4 is a good move, you are right. That b6 is solid but not too active.

[@vladimirmalenkovic178]

Gospodine Perunoviću... Mnogo Vam hvala što delite vaše ogromno šahovsko I pedagoško znanje sa nama... Jedno pitanje... Koja knjiga o zmajevci je najbolja po vašem cenjenom mišljenju? Hvala vam puno I puno uspeha I u buduće...

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Vladimire, hvala puno na lepim recima! Ima puno knjiga o zmajevkama, problem je sto su uglavnom bazirane na analizama a manje na objasnjenjima i komentarima…Ali, postoji par knjiga (starijih doduse) gde mozete da pokupite dobre ideje. Andrew Martin i Vigorito

[@nickrosas8889]

Great!!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

😉

[@danielwilliams8588]

Wonder Analysis, I normally got crushed in the Be2 line. Be8 idea is interesting!!!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

You have a lot to learn by BigMio in the Dragon 🐉 😂😂😂

[@DoubtingThomas213]

Thanks!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks 😊

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Celebrating 10k subscribers is gonna be sic!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼😂😂😂😀😀😀

[@BishopsOpeningRulz]

Have you considered doing a Chessable course on the Dragon?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

I have but it is enormous amount of work…

[@nukanook5099]

I would buy it!

[@BishopsOpeningRulz]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficialOh, if you do a chessable, on the Dragon, I'll be the first guy on the block to buy it 😀👍

[@malpertic]

Fenomenalan pedagog!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Hvalaaaa 😀

[@brunilda]

This was awesome! But I am scared shitless of playing a rook down!! I am not sure I am going to find the right continuations to keep the initiative in that situation

[@ClarkPotter]

then you practice it a and evaluate it with a computer after to verify ;)

[@nudelsuppe2090]

What do you do against g4 h4 h5 Be2. My SF gives white a +2.5 advantage there

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Comps dont play chess, esspecialy in faster time controls, so dont worry ;)

[@jovelja]

Idemooooooo

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[@chessdude880]

Do u think it is playable OTB classical chess against 1800FIDE?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

I’ve won three tournament games with it, why would you be different? 😃

[@chessdude880]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial because u said there's a refutation to this🙂

[@ritikrai4607]

What about Bc4 line ?

[@ErixMarcanoRivera]

Hello, do you have a Dragon course on chessable?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Hello, I don’t, simply takes so much time to make it and it is a very very tiring job, so I have to wait with it still. Although, if you need anything, let me know, I do have PGN’s in the Dragon…

[@ErixMarcanoRivera]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial I like the way you explain what's happening on the variations. Thank you for play the Sicilian Dragon.

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@@ErixMarcanoRivera Contact me via email

[@kennstedas]

Could you please do a video on the Horwitz Attack

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

What’s that?

[@kennstedas]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial an offbeat system for the French in which you go E4 e6 b3

[@kingman9375]

Hlo sir can u do a opening course on dragon . It would be great or provide lines for everything as a pgn in ur website

[@kewalmohapatra8340]

Yes please that would be awesome

[@ClarkPotter]

So excited to try this. I'm a Dragon player and get this opportunity all the time. Instead of Bd7 I've always been playing Qa5 0-0-0 Nxd4 Be6 Kb1 Rfc8 and enjoying either my familiar attacking channels or in the case of Nd5, my pet line Qxd2, Nxf6+, Bxf6, Rxd2, Kg7, Bxf6, Kxf6!, W-move, Ke5!, and then proceed to employ my King *in the middlegame* as if it's just any other minor piece. Never lost a game in this line except maybe a bullet or blitz or two on time or something. Just turns out that W has no way to pester your K on any black squares while it aids in your middlegame play as black. Plus, you get the satisfaction of watching your opponent slowly go from, "This guy is a lunatic" to ", okay so how do punish this, ..., "omgosh, there's no way to exploit it, and I'm almost down a piece because my K isn't up here helping out at all. But I'm excited to play your line from now on.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

As I mentioned 97% with one line is just too much not to be played! 💪💪💪

[@shauncronwright5789]

Great Video Mio!!! Congratulations on your subscribers. I was wondering. In the Dragon line 1.e4 c5; 2.Nf3 d6; 3.d4 cxd4; 4.Nxd4 Nf6; 5.Nc3 g6; 6. Be3 Bg7; 7.f3 0-0; 8.Qd2 Nc6; 9.Bc4 Bd7; 10.0-0-0 is it possible to make 10....Qb8 work? That would be an awesome video. Love your videos. Please continue.

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Shaun, you’ll get it 👍

[@anasmohmmed6153]

Can I do this aginst Mugnos Carlsen !

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Try it out 😉

[@KikanKikan-wb1wr]

Too much sac,I dont know if I can win with this line ,too complicated but nice line Sir

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Four minutes wasted before he wasted the rest.

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Then, good bye 👋🏼 Don’t watch anymore!

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