Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon (Chess Books) [Paperback]

Eduard Gufeld (Author), Eric Schiller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Chess Books | Publication Date: June 1, 1998

The Sicilian Dragon is one of the most exciting and popular openings in all chess—one that all chess players need to be familiar with—featuring games with brilliant combinations and exciting attacks. This new edition features bigger diagrams and discusses all of the important principles of the Dragon from the opening, including the latest moves and developments, to the endgame maneuvers. Readers learn all the key strategic and tactical ideas, but unlike most modern chess books, massive amounts of theory are eschewed in favor of presenting the critical opening ideas so that readers understand how to play the popular opening lines with skill, gusto and winning results.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Considered one of the world’s foremost chess analysts, writers, and teachers, Schiller is internationally recognized for his works on chess. He is a National and Life Master of the United States Chess Federation and holds titles of FIDE Master, International Arbiter and International Organizer from the World Chess Federation. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Cardoza; 1 edition (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940685922
• ISBN-13: 978-0940685925
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,461,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A positional approach to a tactical opening, October 31, 2000

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Christopher Ogle "cwogle" (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon (Chess Books) (Paperback)

The Sicilian in general (and the Dragon in particular), is known as a sharp tactical opening. So along comes a book which attempts to teach you the general ideas that seem to occur again and again. Instead of endless waves of mind-numbing brilliant tactical moves, the authors present a list of ten concepts that Black should keep in mind throughout the game. I still remember how my eyes lit up during an OTB game when I realized I could sacrifice the exchange on c3 (idea #3).

The authors are clearly pro-Dragon, but they do make the effort to present the themes that White should pursue. There is a second list of nine themes for White, one of which (attacking the King along the h-file) has changed the way I approach going after the castled King.

Be sure to note that this book, in keeping with its "idea" approach, does not attempt to analyze lots of lines. It presents the concepts and expects you to try them out over the board.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understand your moves!, April 24, 2005

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Melante "melante" (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon (Chess Books) (Paperback)

Too many players go through the opening simply by memorizing several moves without understanding why those moves are meaningful.
This is an excellent book for understanding the ideas behind one of the most complex and entertaining opening lines available to today's tournament player: you'll not find lengthy (and boring) variations to study and repeat from memory in your games but you'll learn which are the plans that come with the Dragon variation. This is surely the best first step any player should take when learning this (or any other) opening line. Once you know how the opening works, then you'll be able to move to an advanced Dragon book filled up with lines and use it for further study and reference (and then you'll be able to see those lines in a new light and really understand them!).

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon, May 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Secrets Of The Sicilian Dragon (Chess Books) (Paperback)

This book was very helpful to my research of the sicilian dragon. I felt that it covered every point with enough detail so that I understood it all carefully and knew why things were being executed in the manner they were. I am so encouraged by this book that I am going to purchase another copy for a close relative of mine. I would recommend this excellent book to anyone who feels like knowing anything about the sicilian dragon.