▁player ▁Hit osh ige ▁Aw aj i ▁ 9 - dan ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Mas uda ▁award ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁This ▁opening ▁became ▁popular ▁among ▁professional ▁players ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁was ▁even ▁played ▁in ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁matches ▁for ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Me ij in ▁between ▁T oshi y uki ▁Mor i uch i ▁and ▁Y oshi har u ▁Hab u ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Before ▁Tem po ▁L oss ▁Bishop ▁Exchange , ▁some ▁professional ▁players ▁had ▁considered ▁that ▁Bishop ▁Exchange ▁open ings ▁led ▁White ▁to ▁be ▁pushed ▁into ▁def ensive ▁positions ▁and ▁to ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁launch ▁more ▁powerful ▁attacks , ▁hence ▁reducing ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁possibilities ▁available ▁to ▁the ▁White ▁player . ▁Since ▁the ▁Tem po ▁L oss ▁variations ▁of ▁Bishop ▁Exchange ▁prevents ▁White ▁from ▁being ▁pushed ▁to ▁the ▁def ensive , ▁this ▁new ▁strategy ▁was ▁quite ▁revolution ary . ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Bishop ▁Exchange ▁opening ▁game , ▁White ▁typically ▁ski ps ▁pushing ▁their ▁ro ok ▁pa wn ▁to ▁the ▁middle ▁rank ▁( ... P - 8 5 ) ▁and ▁instead ▁tr ades ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁off ▁the ▁board ▁early ▁to ▁place ▁them ▁in ▁hand . ▁Before ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Tem po ▁L oss ▁variants , ▁no ▁strategy ▁had ▁been ▁developed ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁tempo ▁loss ▁for ▁White ▁involving ▁the ▁ro ok ▁file . ▁Specifically , ▁after ▁the ▁tempo ▁loss ▁instead ▁of ▁White ▁adv ancing ▁the ▁pa wn ▁to