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

Levitsky Attack
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5

Levitsky Attack or Queen's Bishop Attack

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2. Bg5

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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

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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

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  • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.


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