Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4
The Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A45, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4. It is a line of the Trompowsky Attack. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,181 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3… Be7 (58% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.04 (Stockfish, depth 51; best line 3… h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3)
- ECO
- A45
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 283 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,019 | |
| 2000+ | 879 | |
| All | 2,181 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Be7 | 1,263 (58%) | |
| 3… h6 | 569 (26%) | |
| 3… d5 | 137 (6%) | |
| 3… d6 | 131 (6%) | |
| 3… c5 | 57 (3%) | |
| 3… Bb4+ | 9 (0%) | |
| 3… c6 | 6 (0%) | |
| 3… Ke7 | 3 (0%) |
Master games
3,797 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 19%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2778) 0-1 · Chessbrah Inv May 2020 · 2020-05-15
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2740) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) 1-0 · FTX Crypto Cup 2022 · 2022-08-19
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2774) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2819) 1-0 · 7th Norway Armageddon · 2019-06-04
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2765) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2819) 0-1 · GCT Blitz Paris 2019 · 2019-07-31
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2793) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2787) 1/2-1/2 · Showdown Basque 2015 · 2015-11-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- DTD67 (2666) – F1nal_Masquerade (2787) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- dakaissa25 (2681) – Vahe_S (2754) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- MClutjedorp (2665) – whopper211 (2636) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6
More Trompowsky Attack lines (all)
- Trompowsky Attack A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Borg Variation A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit (6… d5 7. e4) A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation, Hergert Gambit (5… Bf5 6. e4) A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Variation A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation A45
- Trompowsky Attack: Raptor Variation, Hergert Gambit A45
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.