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  • I put both these lined together because in both cases the best response is black takes the pawn 3..dxc4 and tries to hold it.
  • 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4
  • 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bg5

    • 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4

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    3...dxc4!!!

    3.Bf4 dxc4

    GM's Choice

    [Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"] [Site "Montpellier FRA"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [White "Mancini,M"] [Black "Pert,N"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2309"] [BlackElo "2504"] [ECO "D10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Nf6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 e5 8. Bxe5 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 Be6 10. f3 cxb3 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Bxb5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Qd3 a5 16. Nbc3 Rab8 17. Rhb1 Rfc8 18. Ba4 Bc4 19. Qd1 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 b2 21. Ra2 Bxa2 22. Nxa2 Qe6 0-1

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    3.Nf6 is bad for black White plans 4.e3 making sure black can't keep the c pawn snd keep it. 3.Bf4 Nf6

    3.Bf4 Nf6

    3...Nf6 Problem response

  • You can see in this variation whie wins back the c pawn with no problem.
  • 4.e3 dxc4 5.Bxc4

    • 4.e3 dxc4 5.Bxc4

    [Event "Curacao Open"] [Site "Willemstad AHO"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [White "Gulko,B"] [Black "Stefanova,A"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2497"] [ECO "A15"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Na4 Bd8 13. cxb6 axb4 14. Qc2 Nb8 15. O-O Nfd7 16. axb4 Bxb6 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Nc4 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. b5 f6 24. f3 g5 25. Bg3 h5 26. h3 h4 27. Bh2 Kf7 28. e4 f5 29. Be5 Ke7 30. exf5 exf5 31. f4 g4 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. f5 Ra8 35. Rb1 Ra7 36. f6+ Ke6 37. Kg2 Rb7 38. Kxg3 Kf5 39. b6 Nd2 40. f7 Rxf7 41. b7 Nxb1 42. b8=Q Nc3 43. Qc8+ Ke4 44. Qxc3 Rf3+ 45. Qxf3+ gxf3 46. Kf2 1-0

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  • This Game is like the TROMPOWSKY ATTACK 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 The difference is in the TROMPOWSKY ATTACK. White doesn't move c4 till the most opportune time. In this case Black can take the pawn 3..dxc4 try and hold it. He will later have a queen fore 4... Qa5 that also attacks the bishop. Best is to bring the bishop back (5. Bd2) as in the game below. White shouldn't go into a Queenless ending a pawn down with a move like (5.Qd2 QxQ)
  • 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bg5

    • 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bg5

    [Event "Korchnoi 70"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [White "Chepukaitis,G"] [Black "Sakaev,K"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2639"] [ECO "D00"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 Be6 8. e4 Na6 9. f4 Rd8 10. f5 Bc8 11. Nf3 Bc5 12. Bxc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nh6 14. h3 O-O 15. O-O-O Nxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Rxd2 18. Nfxd2 Qxe5 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Rdf1 a5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. h4 Re8 25. Kd1 b5 26. Bb3 Qe2+ 27. Kc1 Na2+ 0-1

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