Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. Bg5
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Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 |
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]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
Black's main options are:
2 | 3 | 4 | ||
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... Nf6 |
Nc3 |
= to 1...Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 | ||
Bg5 h6 |
Bh4 c6 |
e3 Qb6 |
= | |
... f6 |
Bh4 Nh6 |
e3 Nf5 |
= | |
... c5 |
dxc5 f6 |
Bh4 e5 |
+= |
References[edit | edit source]
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.