Chessmate

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation · White

D02 3.Bf4, c4 Pressure and Rook Recapture · White (D02)

Claim central space and keep the full queen's-pawn repertoire available.

0/21

Step through the line. Every move has a reason.

Practice this line from memory on the free trainer

More courses in this opening

Continue through the Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation repertoire from another tabiya.

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO D00–D02

Sample line with full explanations: D02 3.Bf4, Pins and ...Bxc3+ · Black.

All lines in this course

ECO D00–D02

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. D02 3.Bf4, c4 Pressure and Rook Recapture · WhiteSample

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3

  2. D02 3.e3, Flexible Development · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nce7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. c5

  3. D02 3.g3, Queenside Pawn Race · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Qd7 5. h3 Bf5 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 O-O-O 8. e3 Nge7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 h5 11. b5

  4. D02 3.c3, Opposite-Side Castling · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Bg4 4. Bf4 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nge7 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qe2 h4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O-O

  5. D00 Irish Gambit, Central Tactics and Long Castling · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. dxc5 Nf6 4. e4 d4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nd5 Nxe4 7. Bf4 e5 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. f3 exf4 10. fxe4 Be6 11. O-O-O

  6. D02 3...Bf5, Exchange the Active Bishop · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. O-O Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ng6 8. Bg3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3

  7. D02 3...Nf6, e5 Outpost and Qe2 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Be2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bg3 Ne7 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2