The Chinese Dragon has exploded onto the chess scene over the last decade, both at Grandmaster and club level, and with good reason. Black is scoring exceptionally well. The Chinese Dragon has been employed by several Grandmasters, including Magnus Carlsen, Bu Xiangzhi, Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergei Tiviakov, Vlad Jianu, Gawain Jones and Chris Ward to name just a few. This thorough review of the critical lines of this opening is covered in an enlightening way by one of the top correspondence chess players, Raymond Pearson, who is ranked in the top 15 online chess players in the world, reaching an online rating of over 2700 in 2012. .