This game is a good surprise weapon to throw black off the beaten trail.  It is not trash as some think nor a solid main line for tournament play either.

It seems to me that you would be insane to give away the Bishop pair.

but then they could just move the f8 or whatever pawn i'm trying to show and threaten the bishop and then blacks up on the tempo or whatever it's called

so nice..

im always using this kind of move...

jsut be careful and then black cant notice all the little surprises..

it is early to predict. bold step by white.

it's same Ruy Lopez well !! it's cool white will castle after one move white can play Queen to d2 or to d3 and then (O-O-O)

The Trompowsky is much better: 1. d4 Nf6 2. B-g5

Yeah, like a queen pawn Ruy Lopez.

great!

This opening is useful on lower level players only. This is because anybody with any experince can find many ways around this. Like, playing e3 or Qd3.

Seems rather weak for white.  You end up in a similar situation as in the Pirc except white has a lot less pressure and black can easily play c5 to free himself.

cool

Sort of a reverse Ruy!