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Subject: Re: *Strange* opening

Author: Michel Langeveld

Date: 10:11:47 01/16/00

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On January 15, 2000 at 16:52:24, James Robertson wrote:

>On January 15, 2000 at 14:15:14, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On January 15, 2000 at 13:51:44, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>RebelTiger played this against Hiarcs in Enrique's tournament. Not surprisingly,
>>>it was pounded flat. Does anybody know the name of this opening? Who (GM) played
>>>it? How did it end up in RebelTiger's book?
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5?! 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>It's a variation of the Trompovsky opening
>
>I know it is the Trompovsky Attack. I wondered what the name of 3. ... g5 was,
>if it is named something other than "Unusual Trompovsky lines".

I have 221 games with this opening for you if you like...
It was first played in 1945 (afaik) and trowpowsky played it for the first time
in 1954.

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 e5 6. e3 Qg5 7. Qd2 Bh6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Nf3 Qxe3+ 10. Qxe3 Bxe3 11. dxe5 b5 12. Nxh4 Bf4 13. Nf3 Na6 14. Ne2
Bh6 15. Ned4 Bf8 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. O-O d5 19. exd6 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxd3
21. d7+ Kxd7 22. Rfd1 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Kc7 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rg4
27. Rd7+ Kxd7 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Nxg4 Bd4 30. c3 Bg7 31. Ke2 h5 32. Ne3 Ke5 33.
Kf3 Bh6 34. b4 Bg5 35. Nc2 Bd2 36. Nd4 Kd5 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. g3 a6 39. h4 Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kubart, Erich"]
[Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 c5 6. e3 Bh6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qh5
Bxe3 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Qg5 11. Qxg5 Bxg5 12. dxc5 Be3 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Rf1
Bxc5 15. O-O-O a6 16. Nbc3 b5 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rhg8 20. Rde1 d6
21. Nce2 Nxd3 22. cxd3 e5 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxg2 25. d4 Bb4 26. Rc1 Ra7
27. Ng1 exd4 28. Nf3 Rg4 29. a3 Ba5 30. b4 Bd8 31. Rfd1 Rc7 32. Rxc7+ Bxc7 33.
Nxd4 Rf4 34. Nc6+ Kf6 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Re7 Bb6 37. Rb7 Bg1 38. h3 Rxd5 39. Nd8
Rd3 40. Rxf7+ Ke5 41. Rf1 Bb6 42. Nf7+ Kd5 43. Rh1 Kc4 44. Ka2 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Kb3
46. Ng5 Rb2+ 47. Ka1 Bd4 48. Rb1 Rxb1+ 49. Kxb1 Kxa3 50. Ne6 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Montevideo"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Trompowsky, Octavio"]
[Black "Cantero, Ronaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 Bh6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 b6 8. e5
Rg8 9. Ne4 Bg7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Nfg5 h6 14. Qh5 Rf8 15.
Rxf7 Qxg5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nxg5 1-0



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