Trompowsky Tamed! – IM Andrew Martin

October 3, 2014 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Andy starts out giving us an overview of the ‘Annoying d-Pawn Openings’ and classifies them as Tropowsky, Torres, Stonewall, Colle, London System and the Veresov Attack.

Starting with ‘The Trompowsky’, Andy examines the 2.Bg5 fearsome weapon and gives a nice antidote to its venom by producing a weird French Defense style position based on 1.d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6! 3e4 h6! 4.Bxf6 when Black finds a way to use the two bishops and fend off the early White initiative. Andy covers many of the critical positions and variations after 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 and gives good plans for Black to quash this annoying d-pawn setup.

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