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The Trompowsky Attack is an opening which avoids main line theory and it produces interesting, imbalanced, fighting positions. Black has several good responses against it. In this video we are looking at two responses which are rarely played (for a reason), but white still has to know how to play against them.

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The Trompowsky Attack is an uncommon opening compared to the main line QG and Catalan positions. It's offbeat, creates unique imbalanced positions, and seldom leads to equal drawish positions. It is therefore logical to conclude that it's a fighting opening which white chooses in order to put black on the back foot and to gain a psychological edge.
Most Nf6 players dislike it or hate facing it. It disables them from playing their normal systems and it steers the game into, for them, often unknown territory.
The idea behind the Trompowsky is simple: trade bishop for knight and double black's f pawns. That is a pseudo threat, and black may choose to prevent or allow it. That choice will determine the nature of the position. Black has 6 main choices. Each will be covered in detail in a separate video.

In this video we are looking at 2...g6 and 2...d6 for black. Two moves which are going to transpose unless black goes wrong very early on. By playing either of these, black is accepting doubled f pawns, a long term structural disadvantage, and also gives white a very clear plan going forward.

I have tried to explain what white should do simply, in terms of plans, not exact variations. With this knowledge, you should be better against the two sidelines out of the opening every time, and even if black deviates you should be fine.

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