Kosten gives as Black's two main responses 3 ... Nf6 4. Bc4 ( 4. exf5 is also possible ) fxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Nxd5!

Black's two main defenses are the two captures on e3, but each one allows a different Plachutta interference by White on move 2.

Another approach for Black is to play 4 ... c5, after which White plays 5. d5 to keep his central pawns together reaches a Benoni-style position, and Black's main replies are 5 ... b5, 5 ... 0-0, 5 ... Bxc3 + and 5 ... Nh5.

In view of possible transpositions to the main Sicilian variations, Black's reply to 2. Nc3 will depend on what he plays in the Open Sicilian.

2 ... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 is the other main line, when Black's main options are 5 ... e6 and 5 ... Bg4.

The idea is to allow Black's counterthrust ... c5, the main line running 5 ... Bb7 6.

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Black's main decision is whether to recapture with the solid 5 ... exd6, which will lead to a fairly strategic position, or the more ambitious 5 ... cxd6 when Black has a preponderance of pawns in the centre.

The statistics presented by Cox show the Chase Variation scoring poorly for White, with all of Black's main defenses scoring at least 50 %.

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The main response for White is 6. Ne5, intending to attack the black bishop with an advance of the kingside pawns and, if appropriate, weaken Black's kingside pawn structure with Ne5xBg6.

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According to Pinski, Black's main responses are 4 ... Bc5 and 4 ... d5, both of which are reckoned to equalize for Black.

In the main line, White will isolate Black's queen pawn with 4. cxd5 exd5 and attempt to exploit its weakness.

After 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 ( other third moves are also possible: 3 cxd5 may be played to lead to the Exchange line, 3 Nf3 keeps options open, and 3 g3 will transpose to the Catalan ), Black's main move is 3 ... Nf6, though he has other options as well:

This usually transposes to positions arising from 3 ... Nf6, and has the advantage, from Black's standpoint, of avoiding the insidious pressure of the main lines in the Exchange Variation arising after 3 ... Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 with an annoying pin.

This Black defense is popular among amateurs because there are several traps White can fall into, for example 7 Nd2 ( one of the main lines, countering Black's pressure along the diagonal ) 7 ... Bb4 8 Qc2 0-0 and here 9 Bd3 ??

( White can also show the defence respect by playing the strong if rarely played 1. e4 a6 2. c4 preventing Black's 2 ... b5 or making it into a gambit ) The main line continues 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. 0-0 Nf6.

The main line continues with 5 ... Nbd7 ; though a bishop move 5 ... Bd6 or 5 ... Be7 is seldom seen, as masters realized early on that at e7, the bishop was passively placed and does nothing to further one of Black's aims, the freeing move ... e5.

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Black's major responses are 3 ... g6 preparing ... Bg7, 3 ... d6 preparing ... Bd7 ( a hybrid line that also arises from the Moscow Variation after 2 ... d6 3. Bb5 + Nc6 ), and 3 ... e6 preparing 4 ... Nge7.

Together, they form one of Black's most well-respected responses to 1. d4.

Ignoring Black's responses for the time being, the typical plan is as follows:

In algebraic notation the starting squares are c1 and f1 for White's bishops, and c8 and f8 for Black's bishops.

Black's pieces are placed equal-and-opposite to White's pieces.

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Black's defences, with white's replies, are:

There are two solutions to the problem ( note that in helpmates, Black's moves are given first ):

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Black's usual choice is 7 ... Bb7, but 7 ... Ba6 is also possible to target the c-pawn, and 7 ... h6 8. Bh4 c5 and 7 ... c5 are sometimes played as well.

An SPG-type problem is to find the shortest game in which White's and Black's corresponding moves are mirror images of each other.

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Black's alternatives to 5 ... Na5, the Fritz Variation 5 ... Nd4, and Ulvestad's Variation 5 ... b5, are related as they share a common subvariation.

5 ... e5 is often considered something of an error on Black's part and 5 ... Bd7 can transpose to one of the more common variations, such as the Classical or Dragon, but there are also a number of independent lines.

Some of Black's alternatives are 7 ... Qb6, the Poisoned Pawn Variation popularized by Fischer, and 7 ... b5, the Polugaevsky Variation, which has the tactical point 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7!