Trompowsky Simplified

First, the Trompowsky flies under the radar of most players.
That's because after 1.d4 Nf6 or 1.d5, 2.Bg5 appears in only 1% to 5% of games. Most of your opponents will come unprepared, while you feel at home like a fish in the water.
Second, it disarms annoying defenses, which can make life hard in the main lines.
The Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav, King's Indian, and the Grünfeld are all taken out of the equation. So you can thrive with the minimum effective dose of theory.
The third and perhaps the most fun reason of all
Trompowsky: Simplified comes armed to the teeth with.
If you like what you see, then let FIDE Master Michiel Abeln show you around Trompowsky: Simplified.
Abeln is a trainer of the Dutch U16 youth chess team. a contributor to the New In Chess Yearbook. and a Chessable author with an impressive 4.9 star rating.
Combine all that with his corporate coaching business, and time for chess improvement becomes hard to come by.
That's why when working on openings, Abeln picks low-theory "always playable" sidelines with a knockout punch.
In Trompowsky: Simplified, he has come up with a full 1.d4 repertoire, which checks all of the boxes in 30 hours of video and only 195 MoveTrainer variations.
A drop in the bucket compared to the amount of theory in main line 1.d4 openings. Yet you won't see a shortage of original attacking plans and dynamic positional play inside the course.
Here's a quick overview
- Against 1.Nf6, you'll have a pleasant choice between a robust pawn structure you can squeeze for an edge all game long.
- And a classical pawn center to springboard your attack. With a little "help" from Black, you might just win in a stunning miniature!
- Against 1.d5, you'll head for offbeat positions where the smarter player wins. And with Abeln's masterful instruction, you will be that player
- Against the Dutch with 1.f5, you'll seize more space starting with the e5-square. And if Black tries to fight back? You'll crash through the light squares they leave behind.
- Plus, you'll be given simple solutions to 1.e6, 1.c6, 1.c5 and other first-move sidelines. All of which stay consistent with the repertoire's unorthodox and combative approach.