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| Starting Out: The Accelerated Dragon: Fundamental coverage of a dynamic Sicilian | 
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Category: Book
Author: Andrew Greet
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Studio: Everyman Chess
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
Label: Everyman Chess
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1857445309
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9781857445305
ASIN: 1857445309
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
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Product Description
Starting Out: The Accelerated Dragon is a further addition to Everyman?s best-selling Starting Out series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling chess openings. International Master Andrew Greet, an Accelerated Dragon expert, revisits the fundamentals of the opening, elaborating on the crucial early moves and ideas for both sides in a way that is often neglected in other texts.
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A new standard for opening literature August 23, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
With regard to instructive opening writing for mortals, there are a few good authors, a handful of great authors, and then there is Andrew Greet.
This guy cares about his readers. His books are written with passion and pride. They are gifts from him to us. Who knows his motivation - perhaps paying forward his experiences with a past mentor - but we get to benefit from his generosity and diligence.
I have his book on the Ruy Lopez (now my White option against 1...e5) and I thought that was great. But he has taken to the Starting Out format like a duck to water and shames the others in the series, and many of them are pretty darn good. There is so much instructive material in here it is amazing. You are really going to *learn* this opening - to understand the chess it embodies, not just some lines.
I bought this book out of sheer curiosity to see if he could repeat the success of his Play the Ruy Lopez. I had no intention of playing the Accelerated Dragon, but this book is so compelling I am tempted to try it except that my coach would have a fit. Even so, I have spent far too much time just soaking up the experience of reading it.
The book appears to have wide coverage of the opening, including both White and Black alternatives. It does not address anti-Sicilians except that it has a large section on the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (avoids the Rossolimo). With respect to the analysis, Carsten Hansen in his Checkpoint column at chesscafe and John Donaldson at Jeremy Silman's site both reviewed it very favorably, and they seem to be very knowledgeable about the opening.
If you are an Accelerated Dragon player I am sure you are going to learn stuff - certainly enough for it to pay for itself. If not, this looks like a sound opening that you could take up at any chess level, and with this book as a guide you are going to save an awful lot of time. Coaches are alway chastising we mortals for continually switching openings and spending too much time on openings in general. Well, pick this one up and your search is over.
Thank you Mr Greet. I won't get to benefit at the table because it's not my opening, but it's always uplifting to witness excellence.
Good job May 14, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Andrew Greet has done another good job. I'm pleased for the full coverage of the Accelerated Dragon and for the Chapter One dedicated to my favorite Hyper- Accelerated line. I bought also the book "Play the Ruy Lopez" and only the handicap of my poor english language disappoints me.
I have also the "Accelerated Dragons, J. Donaldson & Silman" and I recomend for Acc.Drag. fans to study first the Greet's book. He play's dragon and he know the plans and also he know how to explain it. Very, very good book for all the level's player's.
To be released within 3-4 weeks in the U.S. April 6, 2008
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have been contacted by the publisher of this highly anticipated title and have been informed that it has just been released from the publisher in the UK.
It is available from Amazon.co.uk as it is being shipped by the publiusher to Amazon.
It should be available in the U.S in about 3-4 weeks.
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