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    B74 Sicilian Dragon: 22 Characteristic Chess Puzzles

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    The Classical variation of the Sicilian Dragon (B74) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3. This is a collection of 22 chess puzzles from games of the B74 presented in the first 22 moves of the game – early tactics to watch out for if you play the game. Solutions are found at the end of the pamphlet.

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    The Classical variation of the Sicilian Dragon (B74) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3. This is a collection of 22 chess puzzles from games of the B74 presented in the first 22 moves of the game – early tactics to watch out for if you play the game. Solutions are found at the end of the pamphlet.

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    The Classical variation of the Sicilian Dragon (B74) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3. This is a collection of 22 chess puzzles from games of the B74 presented in the first 22 moves of the game – early tactics to watch out for if you play the game. Solutions are found at the end of the pamphlet.

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    B74 Sicilian Dragon: 22 Characteristic Chess Puzzles

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    The Classical variation of the Sicilian Dragon (B74) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3. This is a collection of 22 chess puzzles from games of the B74 presented in the first 22 moves of the game – early tactics to watch out for if you play the game. Solutions are found at the end of the pamphlet.

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    B74 Sicilian Dragon:

    22 characteristic
    chess puzzles
    edited by Bill Harvey
    The Classical variation of the Sicilian Dragon (B74) starts
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7
    7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3. This is a collection of 22 chess
    puzzles from games of the B74 presented in the first 22
    moves of the game early tactics to watch out for if you
    play the game. Solutions are found at the end of the
    w t h a r v e y . c o m pamphlet.

    chess puzzles from historic


    and modern games

    3/30/2017
    3) Klaus Seeck
    1) Jan Brychta vs vs Jurgen Seipel
    Bernhard Zoebinger Schleswig Holstein, 1988
    Hollabrunn, 1998 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a6
    g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.O-O a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.Kh1 Rac8 13.g4 Na5
    10.a4 Qc7 11.f4 e6 12.a5 Nd7 13.Na4 Nxa5 14.g5 Ne8

    2) Bogdan Podlesnik
    vs Tadeusz Juroszek 4) Dzhurabek Khamrakulov
    Bielsko-Biala, 1988 vs Ioan Rees, Aviles, 2007
    1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4
    6.Be2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Be6
    10.Nb3 a6 11.a4 Na5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 10.f4 Rc8 11.Qe1 a6 12.Rd1 Ng4 13.Bc1 Qb6+
    14.Nd5 e6 14.Kh1 Nd4
    5) Cedric Jaureguiberry 7) Oleg Yaksin
    vs Robert Lambert vs Amar Salihovic
    Creon, 2011 Gaziantep, 2008
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.O-O a6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Bd7 10.f4
    10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nc5 Qxd1 Qc7 11.g4 a6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Bb6 Qc8
    14.Raxd1 e4 15.Nd4 e6

    6) Valentina Goutor 8) Bojan Radic vs


    vs Tiffany Tang Leonid Gerzhoy
    Vancouver, 2003 Heraklio, 2002
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
    6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.f4 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Be6
    Re8 11.Bf3 a6 12.a4 Rc8 13.a5 Be6 14.Bb6 Qd7 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 a6
    15.Nd5 Bg4 14.Nd4 Nh5 15.Nf5 Bxc3 16.bxc3
    11) Meszaros
    9) Ana Maria Moreno vs Wessel
    vs Heimy Ramirez Budapest, 1933
    Bogota, 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nb3 a6
    6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 10.a4 Be6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.f4
    Qc8 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.Nd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Rac8 14.Bf3 Rc4 15.Re1 Ng4 16.Ne2 Rxd4
    dxe4 15.c3 f6 16.Qc2 17.Nxd4

    10) Qibtiyah Meriatul 12) Batyrbek Nukin vs


    vs Azizi Munir Klara Bauyrzhanova
    Jakarta, 2011 Pavlodar, 2010
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.f4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.f4
    Be6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.f5 Bd7 13.g4 Ne5 14.g5 Ne8 Nd7 11.Qe1 f5 12.exf5 Rxf5 13.Bg4 Rf8 14.Be6+
    15.Nd5 b5 16.Qa5 Nc6 Kh8 15.Rd1 Nf6 16.Nd4 Nh5 17.Nd5 Nf6
    15) Istvan Blasko
    13) Fabrizio De-Palma vs Jozsef Gonczi
    vs Jordi Cervello Tost Miskolc, 1998
    Crema, 2012 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nb3 d6 8.Be2 Be6 9.f4 O-O
    6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Nb3 O-O 10.f4 10.O-O Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Nxa5 Bxe2 13.Nxb7
    Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Qf2 Bxd1 14.Nxd8 Bxc2 15.Nc6 Rfe8 16.fxg6 hxg6
    Nd7 15.Nd5 Qb8 16.c3 Nc5 17.Nd4 e6 17.Bg5 Nh7 18.Bxe7

    16) Robert Wade


    14) Ivona Purgar vs Maxwell Salm
    vs Ena Cvitan Sydney, 1945
    Zagreb, 2016 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4
    6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.Nd4 d5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.exd5 exd5
    Be6 11.f3 Rc8 12.Nd5 Ne5 13.Bb6 Qd7 14.Na5 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.c3 Qd7 16.Qb3 Ne8 17.Rad1 e6
    Bxd5 15.exd5 Qf5 16.c4 Bh6 17.f4 Ned7 18.Bg4 Ne5
    17) A Duncker 19) Alexander Ledovski
    vs Karl Ruf vs Christian Terwitte
    Germany, 1993 Friedrichroda, 1997
    1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.O-O Be6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.a3
    10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 d5 13.e5 Ne8 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rad1
    14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Bd4 Rd8 16.Qe1 Bxd3 17.cxd3 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Rd7 18.Kh1
    Qa6 18.Qg3 Nc7 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8

    18) Viktor Kupreichik 20) Yrjo Rantanen vs


    vs Carsten Lingnau Svante Henriksson
    Muenster, 1997 Jyvaskyla, 1998
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    Nf6 6.f4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4
    10.O-O Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Bxg4 Qxg4 13.Qe1 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 d5 14.Nxa5
    b5 14.a3 a5 15.Nd2 b4 16.Na4 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Qxa5 15.e5 Nd7 16.d4 Rac8 17.Qg4 Nb6 18.e6
    Qe6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nc3 Ng4 Nc4 19.exf7+ Rxf7
    21) Massimo Iudicello
    vs Enrico Zara
    Turin, 2010
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4
    Rc8 11.g4 Bxb3 12.axb3 Nb4 13.Bf3 a5 14.Rf2 Solutions
    Nd7 15.e5 Nc5 16.Rd2 Qc7 17.exd6 exd6
    18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Bf2 Ne4

    1) 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Nb6 1-0

    2) 15.Nb6 Rd8 16.c3 d5 17.b4 1-0

    3) 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bb6 Nxb3 17.Bxd8 Nxa1


    18.Nxe7+ 1-0

    4) 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 ( 15...Nxc2 16.Qg3 Bxc3


    17.Bxe6 )
    16.Rxd4 Rxc3 17.bxc3 1-0

    22) Mara Jelica 5) 15.N3xe4 Nd5 ( 15...Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Ra7


    vs Sarah Hegarty 17.Rd7 ) ( 15...Nd8 16.Nxb7
    Porto Carras, 2011 Nxb7 17.Nxf6+ ) 16.Rxd5 Nb4 17.Rd7 Bc6
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 18.Rd2 1-0
    Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.O-O Bd7
    10.f4 Rc8 11.Bf3 Ne8 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bxa7 Nc4 6) 16.Nxf6+ 1-0
    14.Qf2 e6 15.Bd4 Nxb2 16.e5 Qc7 17.Ne4 Na4
    18.Nxd6 Nxd6 19.exd6 Qxd6 7) 16.Nxc6 Kh8 ( 16...bxc6 17.Ne7+ ) 17.Nde7
    Qxc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bd4
    d5 20.h4 1-0

    8) 16...Qxf5 0-1

    9) 16...Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Rxd4 18.Rfc1 Rd8 0-1

    10) 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.f6 exf6 19.gxf6 ( if 19...Bh8


    20 Ne7# ) 1-0

    11) 17...Qxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Bxd4+ 19.Kh1 ( 19.Kf1


    Bc4+ ) Nf2+ 0-1

    12) 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bb6 Qe8 20.Nc7 1-0

    13) 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Ne7+ 1-0


    14) 18.g4 Qe4 19.Bd3 1-0

    15) 18...Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bxe4 0-1

    16) 19.Rxd5 Qc6 ( 19...Qxd5 20.Bxe6+ ) 20.Rxe5


    Bxe5 21.Qxe6+ 1-0

    17) 19.f6 exf6 20.exf6 1-0

    18) 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Bg5 1-0

    19) 20.Nd5 Nxd5 ( 20...Qd6 21.Nxf6+ ) 21.Bxd8


    Nxd8 22.exd5 1-0

    20) 20.fxg6 Rxf1+ ( 20...Rff8 21.Qe6+ Kh8


    22.Qh3 mates ) 21.Rxf1 Nxe3
    22.Qxc8+ 1-0

    21) 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxd6 Qxf4 22.Nxc8 1-0

    22) 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Qd4+ e5


    23.Qxd7 1-0

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