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When1975 dawned, the Sicilian Dragon, the most ferocious and exciting of openingsthe chess world had ever known, was on its knees begging for mercy. AnatolyKarpov had just slain Viktor Korchnoi and Fischer's contemptuous approach ""open the h-file, sac, sac, mate!"" seemed to have spelled the Dragon's end.But already in the background there were acolytes attempting to repair thedamage, to replace the beast's scales and recharge its fiery breath. DragonMasters2coversthe tempestuous two decades that followed, pitting the world's deadliestattackers against each other: tactical brutes such as Planinc and Velimirovic,Miles and Mestel, Short and Tiviakov all choosing sides in the greatestopening debate of all. Wouldthe sword-and-spear DragonSlayer followers of Karpov and Fischer prevail onceagain? Or would the reinvigorated DragonMasters prove that myth and legendcould survive in a modern setting? The final answer would arrive at the verytop of the world...

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Andrew Burnett is a Scottish FM who represented his country on several occasions. He is the author of cult classic Streetfighting Chess and his love of the Dragon opening stretches back to his teenage years when he was looking to escape 1.e4 e5! He is currently working on the third and final volume of DragonMasters.

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