The Deadly Sicilian Dragon: Destroy The Maroczy Bind with the Henley Method

This is an opening for warriors, those who like to battle looking to take home the spoils.

And there’s no better person to teach you how to emerge victorious than American GM Ron Henley.

If you’re a Sicilian Dragon player, the Maroczy Bind is terrifying!

In fact, many players quit playing the Dragon just so they don’t have to face it.

Should you stop firing up the Dragon? Nope.

There’s a smart technique to exploit the hidden weaknesses of this peculiar setup and break free from its positional clasp, ultimately launching a crushing counterattack on White.

Hint: it involves a weird knight move!

About the Author:

Ron Henley (born December 5, 1956, in Houston, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster, writer, narrator, and producer of chess videos.

Henley obtained the International Master title in 1980 and the Grandmaster title in 1982. He also appeared on the cover of Chess Life in 1982, representing the United States.

Aside from being a strong player in his own right, GM Henley acted as second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in many of his matches in the 1990s.

Ron Henley also trained 7-times US Women’s Champion, GM Irina Krush.

Introduction

Chapter 1: The 7 Elements of Chess

1. Overview 
2. Material 
3. Force
4. Relative value
5. Time 
6. Pawns and structure 
7. Color control 
8. King safety

Chapter 2: Dragon Sicilians

1. Dragon Sicilians overview 
2. History and Evolution

Chapter 3: Anti-Yugoslav Attack

1. White systems with Be3, Qd2 or f3 
2. Anti-Yugoslav Attack 
3. White plays Nb3 
4. White plays Bc4 
5. Other 8^th moves 
6. Instructive games 
7. White plays Qxd4 

Chapter 4: Classical variations

1. Overview of the Classical
2. White plays Nde2 
3. Early c3 
4. White exchanges on c6 

Chapter 5: The Maroczy Bind

1. Introducing the Maroczy 
2. Early history 
3. Russian school of chess 
4. American school of chess 
5. Mozart of chess 
6. Breyer variation 
7. Breyer, 9…e5 
8. Breyer, 10.Bd3 
9. Breyer, other 10^th moves