Chessmate

Torre Attack · White

Classical ...d5 and the Pillsbury Attack · White (A46)

Claim the center while keeping the c-pawn available for a restrained c3 setup or a direct challenge with c4.

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Black repertoire · ECO A46

Sample line with full explanations: Torre Attack, ...b6/...Bb7 Foundation · Black.

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ECO A46–D03

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  1. Classical ...d5 and the Pillsbury Attack · WhiteSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3

  2. Nimzowitsch ...h6 and ...c5 with the e4 Break · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Be4

  3. 3...c5 and ...Qb6, Dynamic Nbd2 Defense · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Ne5

  4. 3...c5, Hedgehog with Bxf6 and Long Castling · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nc6 12. c3

  5. Fianchetto Defense, ...d5 and the Solid Shell · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qe2

  6. Fianchetto Defense, ...d6 with ...c5 and Active Development · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. g3 Bh8 15. f4

  7. Fianchetto Defense, ...d6 with ...e5 and the Central Break · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3 Qe8 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Re1

  8. Fianchetto Defense, ...h6 and ...g5 Chase · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O

  9. Torre against ...d5, ...Ne4 and the Active Queen · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 9. Bb5 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5

  10. Early ...b6 and the Ne5 Outpost · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 c5 10. c3

  11. 3...c5 and ...Qb6, Accepted Pawn Grab and Queen Hunt · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nc4 Qb4 9. Rb1 Qa4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bb5

  12. Pillsbury Attack, Loose ...Ne4 Punishment · White

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Ne5 b6 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nc6