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Winning with the Trompowsky-Wells
Has anyone gotten this new book?

Started 06/22/03 at 17:55:59 by John Yore (Guest)
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By: alyechin
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The Trompowsky Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
Has anyone else read this yet? if so what are your thoughts?
I recently purchased it as i want to play the Tromp this season after spending the last couple of years dabbling with the Killer Reper...

Started 08/16/14 at 14:04:37 by RoleyPoley
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11...dxc6!? in the Tromp main line
Hello to all,
I'm thinking of adding the Tromp to my repertoire. After studying "starting out: the Trompowsky attack" by R. Palliser, I am wondering what the current status is of the following ga...

Started 08/04/11 at 20:36:19 by Sisyphus
1 4589 Last Post 08/06/11 at 08:43:38
By: Bibs
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Trompowski Attack
I haven't found a topic in the D-pawn Special forum on this yet, so I figured I'd start one.
I recently graduated high school where I was the top ranked player in my conference 4 years running (f...

Started 10/16/08 at 07:13:11 by Dante88
2 3380 Last Post 10/17/08 at 05:29:56
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strong line vs trompowsky
Dear Andy
What happened in the line 
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5!?

Started 02/28/06 at 16:58:27 by Oscar Sánchez(Guest) (Guest)
6 4142 Last Post 03/15/06 at 16:37:53
By: Uberdeker(Guest) (Guest)
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Tromp Buckley-Gormally, is white busted?
Ok people, if anyone has the book on the tromp by Davies, the first game in the book is S.Buckley-Gormally
d4 nf6
bg5 ne4
bf4 c5
f3 qa5+
c3 nf6 
d5 qb6
bc1 e6
c...

Started 09/17/05 at 22:00:19 by Mtal (Guest)
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Is there any Literature on 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5
Is there any published literature on 1...d5 2.Bg5 out there or is all analysis on ChessPub.  Although I love this sites analysis of the move, I would love to get my hands on something.  If for nothing...

Started 02/21/05 at 13:08:29 by Jon (Guest)
3 2885 Last Post 03/27/05 at 06:56:46
By: Faraday
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Trompowski: new line?
I've had this weird 5..e5 line played against me twice in correspondance. Is this being recommended anywhere?
1. d4 Sf6 2. Lg5 Se4 3. Lf4 c5 4. f3 Sf6 5. dc:! e5!?TN
I've seen a handful of g...

Started 12/05/04 at 08:32:47 by jeupham
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By: jeupham
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Too much Tromp?!
Hi everyone, I was thinking of continuing my didactic examination of the 2...c5 tromp this month, as the Tromp is by far the most important 'd-Pawn Special', and I think that this is the critical test...

Started 12/10/03 at 18:16:18 by GMEricPrie
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By: Geof Strayer (Guest)
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Queen's pawn attack revealed
Somewhere I saw an announcement about this soon to be published new book by James Plaskett. Anybody any more precise information about it ?

Started 02/11/05 at 03:07:43 by elspringer
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By: Flanker
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Trashing the Tromp by Andrew Martin - article
Sorry if this has already been posted on the Forum, but recently I discovered the following interesting article offering a repertoire for Black against the Trompowsky: http://www.jeremysilman.com/c...

Started 02/11/10 at 21:17:06 by TN
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By: knightmare
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Flaw in Pert's book w/ his 2-pawn gambit
My experience shows a limitation in Richard Pert newbk (2013) on the Trompovsky.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb67.e4 Qxb2 8.Nd2 Qxc3 9.Bc7 g6
Here I looked forward to...

Started 05/08/14 at 11:37:36 by Tim-G-London
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By: Dean
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Playing the Trompowsky by Richard Pert
After 4 years, we are finally going to get a new book on Trompowsky and I cannot wait till June when it is due. Thanks a lot to Richard Pert and Quality Chess.
Playing the Trompowsky by Richard Pert<br...

Started 05/27/13 at 09:27:23 by saubhikr
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By: TalJechin
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Tromp with 2...e6 3. e4 c5
The interesting move 3... c5 (rather than the main line 3... h6) made me give up the tromp some time ago, especially 3... c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 6. c4 Nb4!. This knight move is not covered in Well's b...

Started 12/03/04 at 06:50:39 by lnn2
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2...d5 3.Bf6 ef6 4.e3 Bd6 against the Trompowsky
Hello,
I was wondering about this variation, which is very solid for Black. For this reason, a number of the world's top players play it as Black (Kasparov and Leko to name two examples). 
W...

Started 02/11/08 at 05:36:59 by DoubledPawns
3 4052 Last Post 04/12/08 at 22:00:42
By: The_Shah
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a line in trompowsky(2)
Does anyone know how to play against this?
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d6!? Black plans to play e5 to get a sort of Old Indian position, or to get a Sasmish Kings Indian Position. I dont want to lea...

Started 02/19/07 at 12:03:42 by sssthepro
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By: sssthepro
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French type position against Trompowsky
Hello!
First of all forgive me for not posting a more theoretical position which might interest more of you. However, unfortunately I've been looking at this variation for black and cannot unders...

Started 06/19/11 at 15:30:17 by chesswise
12 16299 Last Post 08/15/11 at 09:04:45
By: MartinC
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Queen Bishop's Attack
I came across this opening in a tournament recently:
1 d4 d5 2 Bg5
I ended up playing g6 and Bg7 and kind transposing into a schlecter defense.
Is this a serious opening? does anyone kn...

Started 01/29/10 at 18:36:52 by Reverse
13 17874 Last Post 03/29/11 at 14:42:44
By: Straggler
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Trompowsky Study Guide
Hello everyone.
As white my repertoire almost always start with 1.d4 & 2.Nf3 and follow primary the recommendations of (The Ultimate Colle by Gary Lane & A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire by Aaro...

Started 06/03/10 at 04:12:35 by DionTheGreek
13 18302 Last Post 10/03/10 at 19:26:34
By: Gambit
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State of the Pseudo?
What is the consensus on the state of the Pseudo-Tromp?  Busted?  Leaking?  Playable?  Laughable?  With perfect play, white can equalise? (  Shocked )  I haven't seen any positive spin on it here in a whil...

Started 09/28/06 at 13:32:13 by Hippie
1 2233 Last Post 09/28/06 at 15:00:42
By: Uberdecker
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