With regards to the publication below, which I bought decades ago, I’ve always had a strong admiration for Tolush. He was Spassky’s trainer, and his style of play is so reckless at times, as you will see below should you click on the link provided. I’m not a 1. d4 player but I know enough about The Trompowsky to say with some confidence that if you play it, and your queenside collaspes completely, and most of the kingside has been left undeveloped whilst your king gets chased half way up the board, perhaps you didn’t gain much of an advantage out of the opening! When you resign on move 26, that’s often the case. I couldn’t play the move below because my assessment is based more on evaluation than calculation and I am not brave enough to play such moves. How can he justify allowing 9. Nxc2+? Very brave indeed or failing that miscalculated-hard for me to tell. You may want to play through the game, many over the years have as it’s quite something.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1270161
M J M
McCreadyandChess 
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