poisoned pawn variation

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The Poisoned Pawn Variation is any of several chess opening variations where a pawn is said to be 'poisoned' because its capture can result in positional problems or material loss for the captor. The best-known of these, and that most often described as the "Poisoned Pawn Variation," is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves:
poisoned pawn variation

    Hyphenation

    poisoned pawn va·ri·a·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    poyzınd pôn verieyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpoizənd ˈpôn ˌverēˈāsʜən/ /ˈpɔɪzənd ˈpɔːn ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən/
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