The Bjerring Variation – something new in the Dragon

Players of the Dragon are traditionally interested in a certain number of “bottlenecks” – i.e. variations which are very critical and which cause them a lot of concern in their games. The lines after 9.0-0-0 have been pretty unpromising. In ChessBase Magazine 114 André Schulz took a long and hard look at the move 12…Nxc3!, which he baptised the Bjerring Variation. Add it to your repertoire.

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