VIGORITO - The Sicilian Dragon

Premier tome d'une nouvelle série intitulée ' The Cutting Edge ', ce qui peut se traduire par ' à la pointe ' (à la fine pointe, diraient les québécois). Le but est donc de nous présenter des variantes brûlantes de la théorie des ouvertures : dans ce premier opus, tout ce qui traîne en fait de Dragon, Sveshnikov ou Taimanov-Kan (a.k.a. Paulsen) - la copieuse Najdorf fera l'objet du tome 2. Pour spécialistes motivés, évidemment

Andrew Burnett is a Scottish FM who has represented his country on several occasions. He is the author of cult classic Streetfighting Chess and his love of the Dragon opening stretches back to his teenage years when he was looking to escape from 1.e4 e5! He is currently working on the second volume of DragonMasters.
DragonMasters volume 1 charts the history of the most exciting and dangerous opening known to chess: the Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence.
Unlike almost all other books on the Dragon, the focus is not purely on theoretical developments. Instead, the author has combined the most historically important games, the famous players who chose to fight either side (sometimes both sides!) of the opening, and the most unexpected and interesting stories featuring the Dragon. World champions, contenders for the crown, codebreakers, revolutionaries in every sense of the word, all feature in this remarkable and entirely unique look into the history of an opening variation. As the ancient maps say: Here be Dragons! 404 pages Hardcover