The Sicilian Dragon - Yugoslav attack

I like playing the Sicilian Dragon. It gives black a chance to attack and control the a1 - h8 diagonal. Could anyone suggest a way to stop the Yugoslav attack - which diverts attention to black's king and makes it hard to play because you can't get defenders through to the h file? Should I continue to attack and hope to get their king first before they can checkmate me? Please show me some games or examples you think that would help. Thanks!

How could I study these principles?

By studying beginner chess books.

The books by Yasser Seiriwan are a good place to start.  Play Winning Chess, Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Strategies, Winning Chess Endings, and I think there are 2 or 3 others.  Do the openings one last!

Thanks!

Using Yugoslav attack

There are many ways for black to play, but perhaps the sharpest and most active is the rook sacrifice on c3. The aforementioned sacrifice will do considerable damage to the white queenside structure, and remove the key defender. In most cases, the black attack will be much faster than the white one if played effectively.

There are plenty of good lines for black in the Yugoslav. Plenty of these options are not used often in the GM level but they are practiced by the somewhat competent IMs and FMs.

In the main variation of the Yugoslav you might encounter some trouble as black but recent theory showed black has some exchange sacrifice lines that will grant him the initiative. This novelty was discovered by Kramnik himself.

There's the classic Chinese dragon but I believe the Lasker variation is stronger. You'll have a solid defense. You won't attack white's king but at least your own king will be safe.

The Dragondorf was discovered by GM Simon Williams, a cross between the Dragon and the Najdorf. It's ok but Carlsen discovered another Sicilain cross. The Dragonikov. Unlike the normal Sveshnikov you won't have double f pawns. The ideas are similar. Go for the f5 break.

Last but not least, there's the variation where White castles kingside. This is a solid opening. You will get a positional game but if you want to win then you can play the Korchnoi-Anand line. Instead of white castling queensideside, black castles queenside. All you do is push the h pawn and mate. White needs to be careful, with your powerful caveman attack with your h pawn, you still have pressure on the queenside with your monster bishop.

 @Christofer - that drawing is truly impressive. So many different things in it that seem random, and yet ... not. Its hard to imagine how someone put that together

I thought I knew a bit about the Dragon and I can barely follow the nomenclature here.

What line is called the "Korchnoi-Anand"? Is this a mutual attribution or a game reference? Black castles queenside against kingside castling?! This is a rare occurrence and the few examples I am aware of are against the Fianchetto Variation, a good example being the game Kudrin - Rachels, Long Beach 1989: https://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1447063/ply/12

When did Kramnik play the Dragon as Black, other than via a Classical Sicilian move order (avoiding the Yugoslav Attack) long ago? Could you be more specific about the variation with the exchange sacrifice?

Did Simon Williams really discover the "Dragondorf"? He wrote a book, but I believe Botvinnik played this hybrid setup much earlier.

What is the "Dragonikov"? I did a search on this and could only find an obscure YouTube video with less than 400 views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD65kOOv3DM

If this is indeed the line in the video, I could not find many games (only 4 in the chesstempo database), although it is notable that Daniel Fernandez drew Sergei Rublevsky last year playing it as Black. It still looks a bit dubious to me though.

I know about the Chinese Dragon, but what variation of the Yugoslav Attack is called the "Lasker"? I've heard of the Lasker-Pelikan in reference to the Sveshnikov, although that is often considered a dated attribution and that's certainly not the Dragon.

Very confusing... I'm not sure how this would be much use to a 1200 either.

Oh... I just noticed "non sequitur"...that might explain a lot. lol

Also the OP is named "TheAcceleratedDragon" and he is asking how to avoid the Yugoslav. Ok I just realized this thread makes no sense at all...

I think the username "TheSicilianDragon" was taken up. 

Right, but the Accelerated Dragon is known as a method of discouraging the Yugoslav, so the thread is a bit ironic given your username