One of the sharpest openings in chess! Black fianchettoes the bishop on g7 (the 'dragon'), creating a fire-breathing diagonal. The Yugoslav Attack leads to opposite-side castling battles.
Move Sequence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6
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Ivanchuk,V vs. Djukic,Ni
43rd Olympiad 2018, 2018
Firouzja,Alireza vs. Wijesinghe,N L C Dojitha
World Youth U16 Olympiad, 2018
Anand, Viswanathan vs. Kasparov, Gary
PCA-World Championship, 1995
Short, Nigel D vs. Topalov, Veselin
Linares, 1995
Akopian, Vladimir vs. Kortschnoj, Viktor
Wijk op, 1993
Byrne, Robert E vs. Kortschnoj, Viktor
Sousse Interzonal, 1967