Octávio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida (30 November 1897 – 26 March 1984) was a Brazilian
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
player, who was born and died in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
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Passengers of the Piriápolis
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Trompowsky won the 1939 Brazilian Championship, but is best known as the player for whom the Trompowsky Attack
The Trompowsky Attack (or Trompowsky Opening, also known as the Opočenský Opening, the Ruth Opening, and the Zot) is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
:1. d4 Nf6
:2. Bg5
White prepares to exchange the bishop for Black's knight, i ...
(1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5) chess opening was named.
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1897 births
1984 deaths
Brazilian chess players
Chess theoreticians
Chess Olympiad competitors
Brazilian people of Polish descent
20th-century chess players
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