Beating the Silician Defence: The Yugoslav Attack

This article is for all you " 1. e4  people" that shows us how to beat Black's most challenging defence to 1. e4, the Sicilian Defense (1...c5). Of all the lines in the Silician, the Yugoslav Attack  contains the sharpest lines of play in the Dragon Variation of the Silician. The position occurs after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 (better than 4. Qxd4 in lieu of Nc6 wins a tempo for Black) Nf6 5. Nc3 g6. White then develops his queen bishop to castle long. 6. Be3 Bg7( a horrible mistake for Black would be 6... Ng4?? 7. Bb5+! Bd7 8. Qxg4 where White gains a piece and the win) 7. f3(to rule out 7...Ng4) 7... 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6. White is now ready to castle queenside and launch a powerful pawn storm at Black's King. But White also realizes he must clamp down on the d5-square to prevent d5 and allowing Black to gain space and free himself. Play continues 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3. Since the King's are on opposite wings, White play will on the kingside and Black will try to create counterplay on the half-open c-file. White will continue with h2-h2-h5 and open up the h-file.(pushing pawns in front of the king invites attack. Black will most likely try for Nc6-e5-c4 to block White's b3-bishop. The is most likely bad news for Black as White will open the h-file and exchange dark-squared bishops and Black will most likely have a White Queen of h6 and a rook on h1. This is the potential of the Yugoslav Attack.