Yugoslav Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4.

As Jonathan Maxwell puts it in his book Blitz Theory:

"The magic in this attack lies in the perfect starting position of the king rook and dark squared bishop. Since our opponent's fianchetto structure defines the weaknesses for us at f6, h6 and h7, we have a tailor made plan for a rapid and lethal battle. We just exchange dark bishops with our queen battery, then pry open the "h" file with our pawn."

I have had a chance to play this opening a few times in the past week. All internet play, against some strong players and some wannabe kid hustlers. Like the other opening analyses on Knight Skewer:

http://knightskewer.blogspot.com/2006/07/danish-gambit.html

http://knightskewer.blogspot.com/2006/07/botvinnik-formation.html

http://knightskewer.blogspot.com/2006/07/french-defense.html

http://knightskewer.blogspot.com/2006/08/budapest-gambit.html

http://knightskewer.blogspot.com/2006/08/colle-system.html

I will continue to update this post as I learn the ins and outs of the Yugoslav. Its definately aggressive and a balanced knowledge of attacking is going to be key. Powerful attacks are on of the weaker aspects of my game, but perhaps not for long.