Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation

Black fianchettoes the bishop on g7, aiming it down the long diagonal at White's queenside. It produces some of the sharpest opposite-side castling races in chess, where both sides attack the enemy king at full speed.

• Fianchetto to g7 and pressure the a1-h8 diagonal and c-file
• Launch a queenside attack with ...Rc8 and ...b5 pawn storms
• Meet the Yugoslav Attack (Be3, f3, Qd2, O-O-O, h4) with fast counterplay
• Race to open lines against the opposite-side king first