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The accelarated development of the White queen's bishop after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 was for many years considered a bizarre chess opening, practiced only by a few "eccentric" chess players scattered around the globe, including the Brazilian Octavio Trompowsky, after whom the variation was named. Then in the 1990s, after a chance discovery, the young English grandmaster, Julian Hodgson, started to play it on the UK and international chess circuit with dramatic success, scoring many short wins with dashing attacking play. By force of example, the opening then saw a rapid increase in popularity; in fact, it is now regarded as "mainline" theory. Players interested in mastering this move will find here a thorough survey of the development and latest trends in this exciting opening, together with illustrative games. A must for any Competitive player.
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Winning with the Trompowsky Peter Wells B.T. Batsford Ltd, London @ First published in 2003 © Peter Wells 2003 ISBN 0 7 1 34 8795 X British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, by any means, without prior permission of the publisher. Printed in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale for the publishers, B.T. Batsford Ltd, The Chrysalis Building Bramley Road, London, W I 0 6SP Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Publishing Co., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 1 00 1 6, USA To Melanie A member of ChrysalifBookS pic A BATSFORD CHESS BOOK Contents Annotated Bibliography 4 Introduction 5 1 2...lLle4 Introduction and Minor Lines 13 2 2 ...lLle4 3 i.f4 c5 4 f3 'iVa5+ 5 c3 lLlf6 The Attacking Repertoire with 6d5!? 23 3 2... lLle4 3 .tf4 c5 4 f3 �a5+ 5 c3 lLlf6 4 The Solid Repertoire with 6lLld2 50 2...lLle4 3 i.f4 d5 74 Introduction and the Attacking Repertoire with 4 f3 5 2...lLle4 3 .tf4 d5 91 The Solid Repertoire with 4 e3!? 6 2...c5 120 Introduction and the Solid Repertoire with 3 j,xf6 7 2...c5 141 The Attacking Repertoire with 3 d5!? 8 2...e63 e4!? 173 9 2...d5 Introduction and 3 i.xf6 209 2...g6and Other Minor 2nd Moves 232 Index of Main Variations 239 Index of Games 240 10 Annotated Bibliography I have made considerable use of the customary general sources: ChessBase's MegaBase 2003 with its more than 2,300,000 games, including ChessBase Magazines up to CBM 91. Informators 1 -84 The Week in Chess 1 -428. In addition I have used 5 principal specialised Trompowsky sources: 1. Wolfgang Gerstner. Der Damen Trompowsky-AngrifJ im bauernspiel Schach-Profi-Verlag - Dreier, 1 99 5 . This i s now a little dated, but an immensely detailed and painstaking piece of work based on the huge practical experience of the author. There were some lines, relatively neglected by the other books for which this was invaluable. 2 . Julian Hodgson. Secrets of the Trompovsky - Hodgson Enterprises, 1 997. This is of course also an invaluable source. Talk about the practical experience of the author! He is honest and entertaining, although at times his practical approach, guiding rather than risking too much detail, goes slightly too far. Also of course, the book only covers 2 . . .'=tJe4 . It is a shame that Volume 2 never appeared. 3. Joe Trompowsky - Gallagher. The The Chess Press, 1 99 8 . Trying t