Budapest Gambit

Budapest Gambit

The Budapest Gambit is one of the least common gambits but still offers black a lot of interesting play. In the main line for example, white can easily fall into a trap that ends in checkmate very early in the game.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Be2 f5
7.exf5 Qe7 8.Nf3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qf7 12.O-O
O-O-O 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxf6
Be5 18.Bg4 Bxf6 19.Bxf5+ Kc7 20.Rad1 Bxb2 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Bxh7
Rd4 23.g3 Rxc4 24.h4 b5 25.Kg2 a5 26.h5 Bg7 27.f4 Bh6 28.Re1
Ra4 29.Bg8 Rd4 30.Re7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Kf3 c5 33.g4 c4
34.g5 Bf8 35.h6 a4 36.f5 Kc6 37.h7 Bg7 38.f6 c3 39.Ke2 Bh8
40.f7 1-0

Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2008

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. a3 a5
7. f4 Ng6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Nf3 a4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4
Qe8 13. O-O-O f5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Kb1 Nge7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Bc3
Be6 18. Rhg1 Rd8 19. Ka1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. g4 Ng6 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rc3 Bf7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. b3 axb3
27. Nh4 Rh5 28. Kb2 Qf6 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. e4 c4 31. Qd2 Qd4
32. Qxd4+ Nxd4 33. Rcg3 Rxh2+ 34. Kb1 Kf7 35. Rxg6 c3 36. Rg7+
Ke8 37. R7g2 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Nf3 39. Kc1 Nd2 0-1

Francisco Vallejo-Pons vs Alfonso Romero Holmes
Spanish Championships 2002
Chess opening-Budapest Defense: Adler Variation
[result 1-0]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3
Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 a5 11. Na4 Bf8
12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Bf3 Qb8 16. Rad1 Nh4
17. Bd5 Nf5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxd7+ Kg6 20. g4 Nxe3 21. f5+
Kg5 22. f6 Qc8 23. fxg7 Bd6 24. g8=Q Rxg8 25. h4+ Kxh4
26. Qxh7+ Kg3 27. Qh2+ Kxg4 28. Rd4+ 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich
Baden-Baden 1925
Chess opening-Budapest Defense: Alekhine Variation
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.f5
Nh4 8.Ng5 Qe7 9.Qg4 f6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qxh4 fxg5 12.Bxg5 Qf7
13.Be2 O-O 14.Rf1 Nc6 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.fxg6 Qxg6 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8
18.Bh5 Qb6 19.O-O-O Bg7 20.Rf1 Ne6 21.Bf7+ Kh8 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Bf6 1-0

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Savielly Tartakower
Bad Kissingen 1928
Budapest Defense: Alekhine Variation. Tartakower Defense
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Be2 f5
7.exf5 Qe7 8.Nf3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qf7 12.O-O
O-O-O 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxf6
Be5 18.Bg4 Bxf6 19.Bxf5+ Kc7 20.Rad1 Bxb2 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Bxh7
Rd4 23.g3 Rxc4 24.h4 b5 25.Kg2 a5 26.h5 Bg7 27.f4 Bh6 28.Re1
Ra4 29.Bg8 Rd4 30.Re7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Kf3 c5 33.g4 c4
34.g5 Bf8 35.h6 a4 36.f5 Kc6 37.h7 Bg7 38.f6 c3 39.Ke2 Bh8
40.f7 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs Savielly Tartakower
London (07) 1932
Chess opening-Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Variation (A51)
[Result 1-0]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Nc5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nb1 Nxe5 9. O-O
Nxf3+ 10. exf3 Bg7 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4
c6 15. Nc3 d6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Bc8 20. Ne4 Nc5 21. Nxd6 Na4 22. c5 Nxb2
23. Re1 b5 24. cxb6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. bxa7 Bb7 27. Bc5
Rdd8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 31. Rb6
Rxa7 32. Rb8# 1-0

Amos Pokorny vs Wolfgang Weil
Munich ol (Men) 1936
Chess opening-Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Variation (A51)
[Result 1-0]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. g3 d6
7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qf6 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bc5
12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Qe7 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Rae1 f5 16. Nd2 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc5 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. b4
Qf5 22. Rxe8 1-0