Well, perhaps not a definite refutation, but after 11. Nxc6 bxc6, White can expect a lot of pressure down those two open files pointing at his king.
If you want to avoid it, you could try 10...a6 before 11...Rb8 or 11...b5.
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Apr 29, 2009
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#3
Nxc6 doesn't even register in the Shredder opening dBase, the NIC dBase shows one game, a win for Black and even there Black doesn't open his veins by Bxa7.
[Event "Charleroi"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piacentini, Claudio"]
[Black "Henris, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[NIC "SI 18.16.1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. g4 Rfc8 18. c3 e6 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Rhf1 Qb7 21. Rf2 a5 22.
h4 a4 23. h5 axb3 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. a3 Bd5 26. Kb1 Rc4 27. Qd2 Rf8 28. f4 Be4 29.
Ka1 Bc2 30. Re1 Re4 31. Rg1 Qb6 32. Rgg2 Ra8 33. Qc1 Rxa3 34. bxa3 b2 35. Qxb2
Re1 36. Ka2 Bb1 37. Ka1 Bd3 0-1
Jul 25, 2009
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#4
Nxc6 is bad. In the earlier moves, White has conceded his d pawn for Black's c pawn, and in exchange for it he has a lovely Knight. And he's really going to go wanting to swap it off for Black's mediocre one!
OG
I just want to say that this is one of my favorite openings as black. Very aggressive, and leads to many interesting mid-games.
uhohspaghettio wrote:
That's not the Chinese Dragon at all. Black has to play Ne5.
That's exactly the Chinese Dragon.
Feb 7, 2011
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#7
trading on c6 and taking a7 loses to Ra8. Black's attack comes first and is as strong as an ox.
What is the point with 10. Rb8?
And I guess some of you have played this line quite å few times now, and I was just wondering how your experiences was.
And are there any spesific consepts I have to follow when playing this line?
The Chinese Dragon, as below, has gained popularily rapidly in the past few years. I, too, am considering playing it:
However, I also have a question. White can grab the a7 pawn here, after the Knight exchange on c6 and Bxa7. Does Black, in this situation, have a definite refutation of this rather greedy continuation?