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

Levitsky Attack
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p2B1/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR b
Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5

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	+=

References

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

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.