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Chirplin

Is that actually why the dragons are called that?

Is that actually why the dragons are called that?
TheoLowstein

@Chirplin said ^

Is that actually why the dragons are called that?

Yep. From wikipedia (referencing a ChessBase article):

"In his 1953 autobiography, the Russian chess master and amateur astronomer Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky claimed that he coined the name "Dragon Variation" in 1901, after the fancied resemblance between Black's kingside pawn structure and the constellation Draco."

@Chirplin said [^](/forum/redirect/post/tDxskBgF) > Is that actually why the dragons are called that? Yep. From wikipedia (referencing a ChessBase article): "In his 1953 autobiography, the Russian chess master and amateur astronomer Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky claimed that he coined the name "Dragon Variation" in 1901, after the fancied resemblance between Black's kingside pawn structure and the constellation Draco."
Toadofsky

The Dragondorf should probably come with a warning label that top players have abandoned it.

The Dragondorf should probably come with a warning label that top players have abandoned it.