Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. Bg5

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Levitsky Attack
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation(FEN)

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Levitsky Attack or Queen's Bishop Attack

2. Bg5

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

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

     
    Chess Openings
    1. e4 e5
    1. e4 c5
    1. e4 other
    1. d4 Nf6
    1. d4 d5
    1. d4 other
    1.
    a3 · Na3 · a4 · b3 · b4 · c3 · Nc3 · c4 · d3 · d4 · e3 · e4 · f3 · Nf3 · f4 · g3 · g4 · h3 · Nh3 · h4
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