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Trompowsky Attack
Features:
🔱
Flexible.
May become wildly sharp, or slow and positional.
⏳
Theoretical.
Theoretical. Requires concrete opening preparation.
💎
Uncommon.
Opponents less likely to be prepared.
☘
Attainable.
Frequent opportunities to play this opening.
Description:
The Trompowsky Attack is a variation in the Indian Defense where White immediately questions the fate of Black's knight on f6. The Trompowsky is a good way for White to circumvent the more popular and theoretical Indian variations.
Features:
🔱
Flexible.
May become wildly sharp, or slow and positional.
⏳
Theoretical.
Theoretical. Requires concrete opening preparation.
💎
Uncommon.
Opponents less likely to be prepared.
☘
Attainable.
Frequent opportunities to play this opening.
Motifs:
Black must decide whether to allow White to capture on f6, and if so, which piece or pawn to recapture with.
Resulting positions are often unbalanced: pawn structures are likely asymmetrical, and White may have a bishop and knight against Black's bishop pair.
- These imbalances will be best exploited by players with deep positional knowledge.
Common lines:
2...Ne4 — Main Line
2...d5 3.Nc3 — Richter-Veresov Attack
May transpose into the Torre Attack if White plays Nf3.
