Is the Trompowsky Attack commonly played by IMs and GMs?
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Personally I love the Trompowsky and I wonder what peoples thoughts are on it
Jul 12, 2022
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It is seldomly used at top level, but it happens (and then mostly as a surprice weapon). It offers positions out of the ordinary, so it mostly benefits people who plays it occasionally.
I also like the opening a lot and am happy that it is not played at top level: because then we can have our small ideas, secrets and pet variations for us self without seing them ruined by Magnus eg. :-)
It is occasionally played at top grandmaster level.
Here is a game from a World Championship match.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1847603
I love the opening so much. Just taking people out of their Nf6 theory and I find a lot of people dont know how to respond to it. I love the Raptor Variation in response to 2. Ne5 where I play h5. I assume top level players probably dont love it though because the ideas potentially give away the bishop pair?