The Hyper Accelerated Dragon, 2nd extended new edition 2018 - Raja PanjwaniOne of the remarkable things about the Accelerated Dragon is its appeal to players with vastly different styles. Compare Bent Larsen, the epitome of dynamic, offbeat, risky chess, with Sergei Tiviakov, who claimed in an interview recently that his style has been shaped most by Petrosian (who was a great Accelerated Dragon devotee himself), Smyslov, and Karpov both these players have championed the Accelerated Dragon as their main weapon against 1. e4