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pyresword posted...

I'm not a Sicilian player or a 1. e4 player so I haven't really looked at this, but my impression of the Dragon was that it was a fine opening for black if they know the theory, but if they don't and make a misstep they can find themselves in a lot of trouble very quickly.

Although actually, my recollection is that the Dragon and the Hyper Accelerated Dragon were fine, but that the Accelerated Dragon was borderline unplayable. Not to the point that it likely matters against low to mid level opposition but yeah.

For anyone else, yes these are 3 different openings for the record. >.> The "accelerated" and "hyper-accelerated" terms basically refer to how early in the game black chooses to make a particular pawn move that defines this opening.

Edit again: Okay actually I think I'm confused here. The variation I'm thinking of which I think is considered bad is 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6. However, it looks like the version where black plays Nc6 instead of d6 is ALSO called the Accelerated Dragon and has been played a lot more frequently. (Presumably with the idea that black intends d5 in which case d6 would have been a wasted move) Chess openings are confusing.
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