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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e6/2. Qe2

French Defence: Chigorin Variation
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2


Chigorin Variation

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White develops the queen to e2 in preparation of Black playing 2...d5. The queen's position ensures that after 2...d5 3. exd5 Black must instead play 3...Qxd5 to recapture allowing White 4. Nc3 with tempo and development with ideas of b3, Bb2 and 0-0-0.


Black can choose to avoid this problem through several options:

2...c5 which transposes into a Sicilian French Variation.

2...e5 resembles a King's pawn game.

2...Be7 unpins the pawn and prepares for d5 once more.

2...Nc6