Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. Bg5
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p2B1/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Levitsky Attack or Queen's Bishop Attack[edit | edit source]
2. Bg5[edit | edit source]
Bg5 is an immediate attack by white, in hopes of slowing black's development via pinning the pawn on e7. This position can be negated by black developing Nf6, or a pawn move f6. usually, the bishop cannot remain in its position for long, necessitating a loss of tempo.
Theory table[edit | edit source]
For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation.
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
Black's main options are:
| 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ... Nf6 |
Nc3 |
= to 1...Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 | ||
| Bg5 h6 |
Bh4 c6 |
e3 Qb6 |
= | |
| ... f6 |
Bh4 Nh6 |
e3 Nf5 |
= | |
| ... c5 |
dxc5 f6 |
Bh4 e5 |
+= | |
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References[edit | edit source]
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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