Vaganian Gambit - The Trompowsky Attack

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The Trompowsky Attack begins with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5. In this opening, White would like to trade his bishop for Black’s knight and also to destroy Black’s pawn structure on the kingside. Therefore, White tends to keep the center closed since Black will have the bishop-pair advantage.
Players who play the Kings Indian Defense tend to keep their knight on f6 (instead of attacking the bishop with 2…Ne4) and play 2…c5, attacking White’s central pawn. After 3.d5 Qb6, Black is attacking the b2-pawn. 4.Qc1 is not possible because the d5-pawn is hanging. 4.b3 is very passive and Black can solve all his problems with 4…Ne4.
So, in this position, the most aggressive continuation for White was found in 1974 by the Armenian Grandmaster Rafael Vaganian (known for his sharp tactical style of play), former World Championship Challenger. The move is 4.Nc3 - and thus the Vaganian Gambit was born as White sacrifices his b2-pawn.
This is a lesson from the course “The Trompowsky Attack Package” about the Vaganian Gambit, by GM Boris Alterman. Watch the video where Alterman shows you a beautiful game played by Rafael Vaganian against Viktor Kupreichik, where he first played this gambit. He also explains the power of this gambit with several other practical examples.
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[@danno1800]

This is THE BEST LESSON I’ve ever seen on the Vaganian Gambit! Thank you very much for posting this. Much appreciated.

[@ImTheMan21]

17:00 how am i still watching😅😂😂? Each time he speaks my memory jogs of The Grischuk expression done by Levy when his channel hit 100 subs. Lol

[@EvanFromJersey]

Thank you for your instruction. Very deep and quite a sharp line

[@fredgandolfi2356]

Fascinating. And very well explained. Thank you very much!

[@ConsumerkingUk]

great explanation but my goodness so slow

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Weird board setup 🙄🙄🤘🏿

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