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Queen's Pawn Game
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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black kingh8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 white bishoph5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 white pawne4 black knightf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 black kingd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4

Trompowsky Attack

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2...Ne4

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2...Ne4 starts the Main Line Trompowsky Atack. Black attacks the bishop, thus forcing White to move it; the bishop usually moves to f4. Now both sides have moved a minor piece twice in two consecutive moves. Theory stretches out at this point, thus giving White and Black much freedom, which is why many players have committed this opening to memory.

Usually Black follows up 3...c5 attacking the pawn, and the Black knight is often displaced from its post on e4 with the f-pawn.

Wikipedia has related information at Trompowsky Attack

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4
3
Trompowsky Attack Bf4
c5
Bh4
c5
Bc1?!
c5

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