{"id":2900,"date":"2022-02-12T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2022-06-30T15:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:18:30","slug":"the-trompowsky-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/the-trompowsky-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trompowsky Attack: How to Play This D4 Chess Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is an alternative opening for white using the Queen’s Pawn and playing 1.d4 as the first move and names after Octavio Trompowsky<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trompowsky Attack is a Queen’s Pawn 1.d4 opening for white providing rapid development of a bishop sidestepping traditional 1…Nf6 opening responses by potentially sacrificing the bishop with 2. Bg5 in exchange for the Knight creating doubled pawns for black and disrupting pawn structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trompowsky Attack moves are 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is not a fatal opening for Black, indeed if you want to prepare to face this playing black, there is information within this article with some tactical ideas to counter and positions to play. If you want to try to pay this and practice, here are the moves and main lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trompowsky Attack Main Line<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When opening with 1.d4 for white, if Black plays 1…Nf6 the opportunity to move into the Trompowsky opening is viable and the next move is to push your queen’s pawn forward on the diagonal<\/a> through to g5 to attack the Knight on f6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens next?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When black plays 1. Nf6 they are avoiding the symmetrical Queens Pawn opening but by playing the Trompowsky you are pretty much forcing them back to this as it is the best move they can make after 2. Bg5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trompowsky comes to an end now if white chooses to develop a Knight and not capture the Knight and initiate the trade or plays a conservative 3. e3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Play The Trompowsky?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Trompowsky can be used as a beginner to potentially catch out chess players at this level, but let’s not put this opening for white down as a beginners opening<\/a>, as we will see in the video below, skilled players have used this to great effect against masters in more than one tournament game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as a beginner, if you can master the basic lines of the Trompowsky you can catch new black players off guard not expecting you to give up your bishop so early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is especially true if deciding to make the early trade and disrupt the pawn structure of black and gain doubled pawns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make the Trade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Here are the moves following making the early trade of your bishop in the Trompowsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is the best video explanation I can find on the Trompowskyl providing clear instruction of the mainline and how to play the opening to the best effect in chess games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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