Chessmate

Trompowsky Attack · White

2...Ne4, Improved London Center · White (A45)

Take central space and keep the c-pawn free. White is ready to meet ...Nf6 with an immediate question for the knight.

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Black repertoire · ECO A45

Sample line with full explanations: Trompowsky Attack, 4.e3 and ...Qb6 · Black.

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ECO A45

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  1. 2...Ne4, Improved London Center · WhiteSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2

  2. 2...Ne4, 3...c5 and Fast Central Development · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 b6 6. e4 bxc5 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Bb7 11. Ne2

  3. 2...c5, Benoni Structure with ...g6 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. a4

  4. 2...c5, ...d6 and the Doubled f-Pawns · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 g6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4

  5. 2...e6, Big Center against ...Bb4 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Qg5 7. Nge2 d6 8. f4 Qe7 9. Qd3 dxe5 10. fxe5

  6. 2...e6, Big Center against ...d6 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Kb1

  7. 2...g6, 3.Nc3 and the Qd2 Setup · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. O-O-O O-O 6. h4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Kb1 Qxc5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nxd5

  8. 2...d5, ...exf6 Structure · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nge2 f5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qc2

  9. 2...d5, ...gxf6 Structure · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4

  10. Borg Variation, 3...g5 and the Loose Kingside · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g5 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Nd6 6. Bxg5 f6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Bf2

  11. 2...h6 Sideline and the Early Exchange · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bb4 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Bd3

  12. Poisoned Pawn, Chepukaitis Gambit and the Broad Center · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5

  13. Improved London, Loose ...Qd6 Punishment · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Bxd6 exd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3