1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3. The Hungarians István Abonyi, Zsigmond Barász and Gyula Breyer further developed the opening. This move offers the initiative to Black and allows for Black to put pressure on the White, … The immediate 11.c5!? However, "the problem for White in the Budapest is that natural moves often lead to disaster". Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites. Yet it is human nature to want to do things well and to achieve good results. The Fajarowicz variation is said to have its origins in the chess circles from Leipzig, with the first important game being H.Steiner–Fajarowicz at the 1928 Wiesbaden tournament. Saturday, 5 May 2012. Alekhine variation: here 6...Bb4+ is considered a good move. In the game Mikhalevski–Chabanon (Bad Endbach 1995)[99] Black kept the bishop with 11.Nb3 a4 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nd4 Bc5 14.Nb5 d6 15.Nc3 Ng6 16.Bg3 f5 and had dynamic play. [107] After 4.e4 the main line is 4...Nxe5 5.f4 when Black has an important choice to make about where to move the Ne5. 8.fxg7 Re8 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Qh4+. The main benefit to this gambit IMO is that there is no solid declined line for white. [7] At a loss for what to play, he sought advice from his friend Abonyi, who showed him the Budapest Gambit and the main ideas the Hungarian players had found. After 4...Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 Black can easily get confused by the move-order. On the other hand, the early development of the bishop means that White is more vulnerable to the check Bf8–b4+, the b2-pawn is not defended, and in some rare cases the Bf4 can become subject to attack. Bxd2 9.Qxd2 Qxe4 10.Bd3 with piece activity for the pawn deficit,[127] because the normal defence 8.Bd3? If you enjoyed this article on the Stafford Gambit, you will also like my introduction to the Budapest Gambit and the Scotch Gambit. After 10...d6 White wants to push c4–c5 to free his light-square bishop. [41] If White tries to defend with h2–h3, this may allow the Bc8 to be sacrificed at h3 in order to open the h-file.[41]. When Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko started playing the Budapest many years ago, its all-round appeal struck him, and … [156] White must develop quietly with moves like Nc3/Nf3/e3/Be2, allowing Black to find active positions for his pieces with 0-0/Be6/Qe7/Rfd8, and preparing several sacrificial ideas on e3 or f2, with excellent attacking possibilities. By Bobby Ang . (11.exd4?? causes White great problems: both the f4 and e4 pawns are attacked, and 8.Bxb4 Qxb4+ results in a double attack against b2 and f4. either because it would cede the bishop pair, which is the main source of White's hopes for an advantage in this line. Richard Réti used it five times in the period 1919–26 when he was among the ten best players in the world,[22] but he scored only 1½ points. [69] White has even dared the immediate 10.f4 Nc6 11.Bd3 when it is extremely dangerous for Black to take the offered e3-pawn, as White gets a fierce kingside attack for free.[59]. The black queen also gains access to the a5-square, from where it puts pressure on the e1–a5 diagonal aimed towards the white king. [121] Instead, he recommends 7...d6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bd3 and now the same development as in Pomar's game:[122]. and later lost. The game Solozhenkin–Stiazhkin (Leningrad 1990) continued with 9...b6 10.0-0 Bxd2 11.Qxd2 Bb7 12.c5 bxc5 13.Qa5 d6 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Rfc1 and Moskalenko assesses this position as better for White;[96] Lalic suggests that 13...Ng6 is an improvement. M Bluvshtein vs L Perez Rodriguez, 2004 (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 58 moves, 1-0. [51] This move would close the diagonal of the Ba7. With 6.Nc3 White acquiesces to the breakup of his queenside pawns in return for a material advantage of one pawn, the bishop pair and active play in the centre. [120] But Lalic does not mention the game Pomar–Heidenfeld cited by Borik, in which Black played the advance a7–a5 to restrict the white advance b2–b4, and achieved equality after 9.Bg2 a5 10.Ne2 Na6. White can avoid the push a2–a3 and continue with the standard plans of the 7.a3 variation. The Kieninger Trap is named after Georg Kieninger who used it in an offhand game against Godai at Vienna in 1925. as indicated by Borik, Tseitlin and Lalic,[109][129][130] but in his more recent book Moskalenko thinks "this move complicates the game too much". The natural 6...Nxd2 7.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 transposes in the same position as after 5.Bd2, but White can also try 6...Nxd2 7.axb4! It holds up the advance of the e- and the f-pawns (assuming the white bishop will go to b2), and thereby secures e5 as a future knight outpost, which in turn restricts the activity of both White's bishops. [notes 1] Two pawn sacrifices were also introduced in the variation with 6.Nbd2 (still in the 4.Bf4 line), based on pawn pushes d7–d6 or f7–f6 and a quick attack against b2. Carl Schlechter published an optimistic analysis of the gambit in the Deutsche Schachzeitung. [159], Declining the gambit is almost never seen in master play because it promises White equality at best. I wouldn’t recommend playing the Englund Gambit with black (except as a fun surprise … GM Glenn Flear analyzes the English Defence 4.Bd3 A40, Budapest Gambit 4.Bf4 A52, Benko Gambit Declined A57, Accepted without Kxf1 A58, Owen's Defence with c3 B00, Anti-Grünfeld 3.f3 D70, Blumenfeld Gambit Declined E10, Romanko-Chernyshov Parligras-Savchenko L'Ami-Swinkels Getz-Cabrera Flear-Milliet Flear-Prié Peralta-Perez Mitjans Bartel-Bologan Gagunashvili … [146] Black has tried to prevent White's idea by the suitably strange-looking move 5...Ng6, taking the f4-square from the Nh3. Borik thinks 4.Qc2 is the move "that gives Black the most problems to solve",[142] but Lalic does not agree at all, stating that the reply "4...Bb4+ [....] followed by d7–d5 ensures Black a rapid development and plenty of counterplay. By the end of the 1920s, despite the invention of the highly original Fajarowicz variation 3...Ne4 in 1928, the Budapest Gambit was considered theoretically dubious. 26.Ng5 Black can now force mate in 8 moves. The Rubinstein variation 4.Bf4 leads to an important choice for White, after 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+, between 6.Nbd2 and 6.Nc3. [75] Black concentrates on capturing the e5-pawn while White tries to get an advantage from the weakening of the black kingside. In this variation White tries to avoid the move a2–a3 in order to gain a tempo over the 7.a3 variation. [58][59], After the topical moves 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Nc3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Black has regained the invested pawn. [151][152][153][154] Black can immediately exploit this with 4...Bc5, which threatens a fork on f2 and forbids White's castling; Black may later push d7–d6 to open the centre, e.g. Budapest Kasparov 1991 chess tournament: games, results, players, statistics and PGN download White can try to exploit these weaknesses with the manoeuvres Bf4–d2–c3 (pressure along the diagonal a1–h8), Ng1–e2–g3–h5 (pressure against the squares f6 and g7) and h2–h4 (to open the h-file). [45] However, if Black is later compelled to exchange Bxd2, that is advantageous to White who thereby gains the bishop pair. The d7-square must be available for the Ne5, so that it can later transfer to f6. White will try a minority attack on the queenside, in order to increase its space advantage and to create some weaknesses in the black pawns (e.g. In short, White loses the initiative.White’s OptionsWe will now look at the options that White has when choosing to decline the gambit pawn. [167] 11.Nc3 Ra6 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Nf5 Qg5!? But playing risky and unnatural moves, make opponent astray. Vidmar followed Abonyi's advice and beat Rubinstein convincingly in just 24 moves. Black can try the minor line 4...Nc6 that delays the development of its dark-square bishop, to develop it along the a1–h8 diagonal instead of the a3–f8 diagonal, depending on the circumstances. Labels: Budapest Gambit, Budapest Gambit Declined, chess openings. Budapest Gambit. After the moves 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Re8 8.Nc3 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 White has tried two different plans. would allow the Kieninger trap 8...Nd3 mate (see the section "Kieninger trap"). The Budapest Gambit starts with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5!? That means Black has more time to organise his play than in the 7.a3 variation, notably to attempt a blockade of the c5-square. [119] The introduction of the intermediate 7...Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 does not change Lalic's opinion, as after 9.Bg2 Na6 10.a3 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ne6 the bishop was well placed on g2 and Black experienced difficulties developing the Bc8. If 25.Qc2?, then 25...Ng4+ 26.Kh1 Bg2+! The first move by Black has to be 10...d6! [80][81] Then Black can put pressure on the e5-pawn with 7...Qe7 when White's only possibility to keep the pawn is 8.Qd5. wins material) Bf6; 10.Ne4 Ng6; 10.Nb3 Bd6; or 10.Be2 d6. Karpov vs Short, 1992 (A52) Budapest Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0. This gambit takes up two ECO entries, BG Declined (A51) and BG Accepted (A52). After 5.Nd2 this knight would be misplaced and would block the Bc1, so Black could open the game with 5...d5 in favourable circumstances. the continuation 9.Kf2 Bxd2 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Nf3 d6 12.Re1 gives White several tempi against the black queen. Another idea is the immediate 10...a5, to have the d6-square for the bishop, inhibit the b2–b4 push and have the possible a5–a4 pawn advance if the white knight moves to b3. [150] The greedy 4.f4 is weak because White neglects his development and weakens the a7–g1 diagonal. The Budapest Gambit (or Budapest Defence) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: H Hookham vs Henry Andersen: 1-0: 42: 1897: Canterbury Chess Club tournament: D55 Queen's Gambit Declined: 25. Learn. However, the extended pawn centre has its drawbacks, as Lalic explains: "White must invest some valuable tempi in protecting his pawn structure, which allows Black to seize the best squares for his minor pieces with excellent prospects for counterplay against the white centre. December 11, 2019 | 10:41 pm. Lalic thinks both, considering 6...Bb4+ to be a bad move after 4...Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nf3,[106] but a good one after 4...Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Be3. Black usually looks to have an aggressive game (many lines can shock opponents that do not know the theory) or cripple White's pawn structure. If Black wants to avoid this early endgame, he can try 4...Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxe6 and now the exchange of queens would give a plus to Black, as the white queenside pawns are isolated and doubled. He recommends the strategy to retreat the bishop in c5, and maintain its position there with the help of the a7–a5 pawn advance. On the other hand, Black will try to keep the position closed, most importantly by keeping the c4-pawn where it is in order to keep the Bf1 at bay. What do you think? A51: Budapest defence declined - 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 - Chess Opening explorer. White can also try 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.e3 to win a tempo over the 7.a3 variation, though he may end up with the exchange at d2 made in less favourable circumstances, or not at all. After 5...Nc6, is 6.a3 a promising queenside attack, or just a loss of tempo? The correct plan for White was shown by Gleizerov who played 8.e3 Qxb2 9.Be2 d6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nb3 Qf6 12.c5! [4][5][6], The first use of the opening against a world-class player was at Berlin in April 1918, a double round-robin tournament with four players: Akiba Rubinstein, Carl Schlechter, Jacques Mieses and Milan Vidmar. Moreover, as White does not put immediate pressure on Black's position, Black is not compelled to castle rapidly and he can keep his king in the centre for a longer time, or even castle queenside. Should I decline the Stafford Gambit? Budapest: D55 Queen's Gambit Declined: 23. 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Rxc7 and White is winning already. [55][105][notes 6] White does not try to keep its material advantage (the e5-pawn) and concentrates on establishing a strong pawn centre and space advantage. To organise his play than in the Deutsche Schachzeitung can now force mate in 8 moves optimistic of! Recommends the strategy to retreat the bishop pair, which is the main of. 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