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The Accelerated Dragon

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The **Accelerated Dragon** arises after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6. By playing ...g6 before ...d6 and ...Nf6, Black keeps the option of playing ...d5 in one move — the key advantage over the standard Dragon.

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