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The best known of these, called the Poisoned Pawn Variation, is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ...
5.Qe3 a non-ambitious reply, often played in conjunction with Be2, 0-0, Nc3 (with or without c4), and Bd2. This system has been coined the Harikrishna System by IM Alexandru-Bogdan Banzea, [4] as it has recently been used by super grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna in over-the-board games with positive results as White. [5]
In chess and other chess-like games, a tempo (from Italian: tempo, lit. 'time') is a "turn" or single move (a half-move or ply made either by White or Black). When a player achieves a desired result in one fewer move, the player is said to "gain a tempo"; conversely, when a player takes one more move than necessary, the player is said to "lose a tempo".
White starts an aggressive pawn storm on the kingside with f2–f3, g2–g4, h2–h4, and often g4–g5. White castles long and a very sharp game is often the result. Black, however, does not have to acquiesce to passive defence and has at least as many attacking threats.
The Classical Variation is 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5. ... Top players who have used this line for Black include two ... g2–g4 and h2–h4. It allows ...
Chigorin was a notable player who won a large amount of his games, so the announcement of a match between the two met with universal approval. Of added interest was the clash of Chigorin's old-fashioned, 'bludgeoning' style against Steinitz's new teachings. Commentators saw it as a match between the 'Romantic' and 'Modern' Schools of chess.
Themes for White: Outpost on d5, kingside attack (either f2–f4–f5 with kingside castling or h2–h4–h5 with queenside castling), weakness of Black's queenside pawn minority in the endgame. Themes for Black: Pressure on the long diagonal, queenside counterplay, exploiting White's often overextended kingside pawns in the endgame, d6-d5 break.
After the usual 2.e5 Nd5, three main variations of Alekhine's Defence use 3.d4, but there are other options for White at this point. Two of the main lines are the Exchange Variation and the Four Pawns Attack. The Exchange Variation continues 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6. White has some space advantage.