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One of the rarer King's Pawn defences adopted by Black after an initial
sequence of steps along the "Épine Dorsale"
(a set of moves common to several openings). First given in a manuscript by
Cozio (c.1715-c.1780), it is named after a correspondence game
between Paris and Pest, 1842-5. |
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| Black posts his King's Bishop on K2(e7)
(move 3b, left), defending his queen (in the
event of a later trade-off) and his KB2(f7) by stopping
4.Kt-Kt5(g5). |
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The defence is usually good for a draw with best play. An early exchange of
pawns and then knights on White's Q4(d4) leads to open play (as
shown typically by move 10wb, right). |