#3 games with mi sister
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pedro823
Feb 24, 2008
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I liked how you co-ordinated your attack with yor bisop , knight and rook . Nice play ther
White took about 10 moves more than it should have taken to mate. Oy.
I am too lazy to explore all the possible mates well before move 50. Peace.
2.Bg5 is the levitsky attack i believe, transposing into the trompowsky if black replies 2...Nf6
trust me, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is the trompowsky attack 
, or 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 by transposition. Not all trompowsky lines have d5.
, or 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 by transposition. Not all trompowsky lines have d5. 
rich wrote: No you need to see Micheal Jeffery's then you should see, that Bishop g5 is the Trompowsky attack.
That's a great video, isn't it? I've watched it like 5 times now. I really have to get around to trying out the Trompowsky one of these days...
Trompowsky attack
"The Trompowsky Attack is a chess opening starting with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5. It is named after the one-time Brazilian champion Octavio Trompowsky (1897–1984) who played it in the 1930s and 1940s.
With the second move, White is intending to exchange his bishop for Black's knight inflicting doubled pawns upon Black in the process. This is not a lethal threat, Black can choose to fall in with White's plan. (See Main lines).
After 1.d4 Nf6, the Trompowsky is a popular alternative to the more common 2.c4 and 2.Nf3 lines. By playing 2.Bg5, White avoids the immense opening theory of various Indian Defences like the Queen's Indian and the King's Indian. White can also play 2. Bg5 after 1. d4 d5, when Black can play 2...Nf6, transposing into one of the variations below or vary with, for instance, 2...c6, intending 3...Qb6 to attack White's b-pawn. Some of the grandmasters who often play the Trompowsky are Julian Hodgson and Antoaneta Stefanova.
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he was wrong then. I just found a video on youtube where he makes the same mistake. It's quite an offbeat opening so it's fairly easy to see how it gets grouped with a more mainline one, particularly as it will often transpose. I have also heard it referred to as the pseudo-trompowsky. There is a big difference in whether there is a knight on f6 or not though. For example, I think the mainline trompowsky goes 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4. This isnt possible in the Levitsky attack because the knight isnt even on f6 yet!
