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Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation

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1.d4Nf62.Bg5Ne43.Bh4

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Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation417k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

171k48%

122k49%

69k54%

30k49%

7.4k48%

4.4k47%

3.1k42%

2.2k42%

1.9k49%

1.5k43%

Famous games in this line699 master games

Morozevich, Alexander (2760) – Gelfand, Boris (2755)2013½–½ Harikrishna, Pentala (2719) – Duda, Jan Krzysztof (2753)20200–1 Mamedyarov, S. (2743) – Polgar, Ju (2685)20141–0 Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Polgar, Judit (2680)20091–0 Ivanchuk, V. (2726) – Areshchenko, A. (2655)2014½–½ Ivanisevic, Ivan (2617) – Smirin, Ilia (2658)2011½–½ Van Wely, Loek (2679) – Mikhalevski, Victor (2584)20071–0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2646) – Van Wely, Loek (2617)2004½–½

Heroes of this opening Duda, Jan Krzysztof · Mamedyarov, S. · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Van Wely, Loek

Family: Trompowsky Attack
Category: Indian
First move: 1.d4
ECO: A45
Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4

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Go deeper — named lines from here

Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit3…c6 4.Nd2 Qa5 5.c3 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 …

Nearby lines in the family

Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation3.h4 Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation2…e6 3.e4 Trompowsky Attack: Borg Variation3.Bf4 g5

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