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Is the Trompowsky for me?
I am thinking of integrating the trompowsky in my repertoire, it seems to me the positions become simpler, but the endgames seem still dynamic. I feel I have a lot more positional knowledge and calcul...

Started 11/07/09 at 19:19:29 by battleangel (Ex Member)
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By: Markovich
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1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Qc1
I was discussing the position after 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Qc1 with someone down the pub last night (as you do). We decided that 4.Nf3 was slightly more difficult to face than 4.e3 for ...

Started 09/10/09 at 09:44:38 by TicklyTim
3 4490 Last Post 09/17/09 at 11:23:12
By: saubhikr
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Positional evaluation of Tromp position
1.d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 c5 5.dxc5!? Bxc5 6.Nc3
doesn't white have the clear advantage? Black has doubled f-pawns, isolated d-pawn and will not be able to play d5 any time soon (white...

Started 08/10/09 at 14:29:51 by MrCookie
5 4455 Last Post 08/11/09 at 09:48:02
By: TN
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Books on 1.d4 d5 2Bg5 !?
Hi there!
Can someon recommnad me good book on this opening?
I found something like this :
http://www.amazon.com/Queens-Bishop-Attack-James-Plaskett/dp/0713489707
Is this a good bo...

Started 04/19/09 at 15:37:29 by Ender
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16 17245 Last Post 06/06/09 at 02:31:40
By: kshorg
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"Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack" due in April
"Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack" by Richard Palliser is due in April 2009, as per Everyman website. Hope this time they stick to the timeline and don't disappoint us again.
http://www.eve...

Started 03/03/09 at 02:41:19 by saubhikr
3 4114 Last Post 03/20/09 at 16:32:49
By: saubhikr
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Why don't we see Tromp more
I am playing Trompowsky over 5 years now with good results (80% score, 2000+ rating performance). Just wander why is it not played that much. White gets dynamic positions and is also of wide different...

Started 12/23/08 at 02:59:13 by saubhikr
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By: Markovich
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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 3522 Last Post 10/17/08 at 05:29:56
By: Dante88
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1. d4 d5 2.Bg5!?
I am considering taking up this variation of the trompowsky. I was wondering if anyone here as any experiences/advice/criticism about taking up this line and how I should go about learning (whose game...

Started 06/03/08 at 02:40:26 by mhass
6 5397 Last Post 06/03/08 at 19:47:29
By: cyronix - Ex Member
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Starting Out: The Trompowsky?
Does anyone know if Everyman is planning to release a Trompowsky edition in their Starting Out series?  GM Gallagher would make a great author for this book, given that he wrote a Tromp book for Every...

Started 06/19/05 at 00:58:48 by notyetagm
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By: notyetagm
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Trompowsky Repertoire as White
Hello,
I am thinking of learning the Trompowsky as White. Any suggestions as to which lines I should play?

Started 02/23/08 at 10:57:13 by DoubledPawns
11 12141 Last Post 05/22/08 at 04:41:22
By: Chevalier
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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 4295 Last Post 04/12/08 at 22:00:42
By: The_Shah
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Which line is better in 3..c5 Tromp: 5.d5 or 5.Nd2
Which line is better in 3..c5 Tromp after following initial moves: 5.d5 or 5.Nd2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6  6.???

Started 03/28/08 at 03:21:29 by saubhikr
3 3909 Last Post 04/11/08 at 01:37:58
By: FirebrandX
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1.d4 d5 2.Fg5 f6 !?
I have a problem in the pseudo-tromp with 1. d4 d5 2.  Fg5  f6!? 3. Fh4 Ch6
Eric, could you, please, share with us some of your ideas in this  line   ? it seems more difficult for White to get go...

Started 04/23/04 at 14:12:31 by lemagicien
5 5102 Last Post 03/08/08 at 13:33:54
By: 986
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Trompowsky attack any?
Hello,
I here would like to ask if there is any web sides that have the games of Trom.I would like to know it because chess publishing don't have many games about Trom.Thank you for all your help...

Started 01/27/08 at 05:06:08 by Albert92
4 4850 Last Post 02/04/08 at 09:01:58
By: Albert92
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Why is the Tromp not played on Super GM Level?
What is exactly bad about it?
What is the refutation, I am still investigating into this opening ...
But there many 1-0 games on 2600+ Level with the Tromp, but still it seems to be only a s...

Started 10/10/07 at 12:40:01 by Deepthought (Ex Member)
8 7434 Last Post 11/07/07 at 21:16:43
By: linksspringer
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Trompowsky Gambit
In GM Peter Wells 2003 best selling book Winning With The Trompowsky he considers the following line as an effective counter to the gambit continuation employed by White: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d...

Started 02/04/07 at 22:30:35 by TopNotch
5 5842 Last Post 03/30/07 at 14:21:57
By: sssthepro
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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
9 8016 Last Post 02/22/07 at 10:22:31
By: sssthepro
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a line in the trompowsky
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5
What should be played here? The statistics seems to be extremely bad for white.

Started 12/22/06 at 07:22:10 by sssthepro
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By: TopNotch
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Trompowsky repertoire for grabs
It's high time another Trompowsky thread was started from White's viewpoint. 
You Trompowskites are getting drowned by the BDG stuff!
The Tromp used to be my main opening as White. But the w...

Started 03/27/06 at 13:47:44 by Uberdecker
8 6731 Last Post 04/10/06 at 05:37:19
By: Scholar
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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)
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