Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nf3/2...d6/3. d4/3...cxd4/4. Nxd4/4...Nf6/5. Nc3/5...a6/6. Bg5/6...e6/7. f4/7...Qb6/8. Qd2/8...Qxb2

Poisoned Pawn Variation rd nd bd kd bd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd nd bl nl pl pl nl pl qd pl ql pl pl rl kl bl rl Sicilian Defence, Poisoned Pawn Variation The famous Poisoned Pawn Variation. Black accepts the pawn. This line after good results from Black, initially Fischer but later Kasparov has seen a decline in popularity of 6.Bg5. The line was popularized by Bobby Fischer, who in playing this line said that he could grab a pawn, give his opponent three or four moves in development, and still win! Today the line is just as messy as it was in its heyday in the 1970s, but is now considered to be equal with best play. Today there have been lines analyzed up to twenty or thirty moves in depth, such as this one, the main one. Theory table . 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rb1Qa3 f5Nc6 fxe6fxe6 Nxc6bxc6 e5dxe5 Ne4Qxa2 = Nb3Qa3 Bxf6gxf6 Be2Nc6 O-OBd7 Kh1Rc8 Bh5Bg7 = Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation References de Firmian, Nick. Modern Chess Openings, 15th Edition. New York, NY: Random House, 2008.