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A45

Trompowsky Attack

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Overview

Trompowsky Attack is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A45.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Indian Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It branches into 5 notable variations — Borg Variation, Classical Defense, Edge Variation, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 9 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
A45
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
3
Parent
Indian Defense
Direct variations
5
Total in subtree
9

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Variations (5)

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