Accelerated Dragon & the Yugoslav Attack

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Metapilgrim

I've been playing the accelerated dragon recently, and I know that white shouldn't be able to set up for a yugoslav attack. However, sometimes the first player gets it going, and I'm unsure how to punish it. 

 Last time I faced it, I played Qb6!?, which according to the computer isn't best, though the tactics are complicated enough that I still usually do alright (more often than not coming out a piece ahead). Is there any real way to punish the slow f3, or should I just castle and play ...d5 as per my plan?

illteachualesson

i'm pretty sure you just castle. exact punishment depends on his next move. Usually the most principled move is d5: compared with regular dragon/yugoslav attack, you save a tempo because in dragon you play d6 first

Indirect

Actually, more often than not, white will establish a Maroczy Bind Setup, which tends to be drawish... Anyways, if white doesn't play 5. c4 and instead opts for 5. Nc3 opting for a Yugoslav, then you should be doing good after 8... d5 because of the fact that you didn't waste a tempo playing d7-d6

csalami10

Just castle and play d5. The whole point of the accelerated dragon is that you get the d5 move in one move and not in two move. 

Jamalov

You might find this analysis of some interest with respect to the accelerated dragon and the yugoslav attack lines

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2472783