Opening family
Trompowsky Attack Lines and Variations
The Trompowsky Attack family contains 10 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO A45. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
The attacking side should develop with tempo and check whether every forcing move improves piece coordination.
Black
The defender should meet threats with development whenever possible, not with slow pawn moves that create new weaknesses.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Borg Variation
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Variation
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation, Hergert Gambit
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit
- A45 · Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit
Deep theory branches
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nd2 Qa5 5. c3 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e4 — Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. e4 — Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 Nxg5 4. hxg5 e5 — Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation, Hergert Gambit
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 — Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g5 — Trompowsky Attack: Borg Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 — Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 — Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 — Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 — Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 — Trompowsky Attack