The Chigorin Variation is one of the oldest variations of the Ruy Lopez in vented according to my database at the Monte Carlo tournament in 1902 by Carl Schlechter in his game versus Siegbert Tarrasch. Doing our research for this book I was surprised to discover that in the early years of the development of the Chigorin Variation Black often intentionally kept his king in the centre by opting for 8...Na5 9. Bc2 c5 instead of 8...00 trying to be flexible and keeping extra options. The drawback