Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5

ECO D00

The Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack is a chess opening line in the Queen's Pawn Game complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5.

It is catalogued under code D00 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bg5 is chosen by White on move 2.

2 named continuations branch from this position, including the Welling Variation and the Modern Line.

Named variations

• Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling Variation — ECO D00
• Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Euwe Variation, Modern Line — ECO D02

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