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Trompowsky Attack

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Trompowsky Attack is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.

49master games
2618avg. Elo
2variations
White wins %33 · draw %51 · Black wins %16

Played by: Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Fedoseev, Aronian, Aravindh, Harshavardhan, Rodshtein, Santos Latasa

Main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.c4 d4 10.b4 Bxb4 11.exd4 f5 12.Qb3 Qf6 13.Na3 Be7 14.Rad1 b6 15.Nb5 Bb7

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Variations played by masters (2)

Main line · ECO A45 · for White

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.c4 d4 10.b4 Bxb4 …
39 games · avg. Elo 2620 · W/D/L 13/18/8 · Model game: Aravindh – Klimkowski, 2025 (0-1)

Classical Defense · ECO A45 · for White

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.c3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 …
10 games · avg. Elo 2610 · W/D/L 3/7/0 · Model game: Aravindh – Bjerre, 2025 (1-0)

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Other openings

Sicilian DefenseQueen's Gambit DeclinedRuy LopezEnglish OpeningItalian GameIndian DefensePetrov's DefenseNimzo-Indian DefenseFrench DefenseZukertort OpeningCaro-Kann DefenseQueen's Pawn GameKing's Indian AttackFour Knights GameQueen's Gambit AcceptedCatalan Opening

Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.