Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. c3/2...Nf6/3. e5/3...Nd5

Sicilian, Alapin
	a b c d e f g h 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h
	Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pp1ppppp/8/2pnP3/8/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR w
	Moves: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5

3...Nd5

This is obviously the only good move, as 3...Ne4?? 4.d3! forfeits the knight, whilst 3...Ng8? is way too passive and forfeits two tempi. White usually plays 4.d4 or 4.Nf3. If White played 4.Bc4, or 4.g3, Black is fine after e6 and eventually d6.^[1]

Theory table


4	5	6
d4 cxd4	Nf3 e6
Nf3

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Sicilian, Alapin
a b c d e f g h 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pp1ppppp/8/2pnP3/8/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR w
Moves: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5