The secret of its success may be its anti-positional looks.
Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin owes a substantial part of his successes as a Chess play.
Ever since World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik started using it to defeat the elite grandmasters of his day, it has developed, on all levels of play, into an ever more popular and attractive way to fight for the initiative.
The pawn thrust g2 - g4 is often so counter-intuitive that it\'s a perfect way to confuse your opponents and disrupt their position.
The secret of its success may be its anti-positional looks