Budapest Gambit
At the Budapest Gambit is a chess opening. The Budapest Gambit is one of the closed-end games and it appears from the Indian defense. It begins with the following features:
Sets Black instead of 3 ... Nf6 - g4 with 3 ... Nf6 -e4 continued, there arises the Fajarowicz Gambit, which is considered by some authors as a variant of the Budapest Gambit. The opening theory classifies the gambit among the ECO codes A51 and A52.
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 Black has lead in development. In addition, White has weakened with 2.c4 his black boxes, which is exacerbated by the relatively frequent exchange of blows between dark-squared bishop. The Budapest Gambit is relatively seldom played since White has the opportunity to gain without risk a small but lasting advantage by returning the extra pawn. If he tries, however, to keep the peasants, however, he has to adjust to a sharp game.
The main variants are:
- 4 Lc1 - f4 Sb8 - c6 5 Sg1 -f3 Bf8 - b4 6 Nb1 -d2 Qd8 - e7 7 e2 -e3 ( Karpov )
- 4 e2- e4 ( Alekhine )
- 4 Lc1 - f4 Sb8 - c6 5 Sg1 -f3 Bf8 - b4 6 Nb1 - c3 Qd8 - e7 7 Dd1 -d5 ( try to claim the farmers )
- 4 Sg1 -f3 c5 5 Bf8 - e2 -e3 Sb8 - c6
With 2 Sg1 -f3 (and later c2 - c4), White can avoid the Budapest Gambit though, but does so on the other hand his king knight on the development field f3 fixed.
History
For the first time turned Géza Maroczy the Budapest Gambit in a master batch 1898: In Budapest, he won against Eagle with Black in the 19th train. 1907 lost Adolf Albin in Vienna against Perlis, 1911 in Vienna Krejcik won after 17 moves.
As birth this opening, however, applies the tournament in Budapest in 1916, when Gyula Breyer won the 31 train against Johannes Esser.
As a result, the gambit turned even the strongest players of his time, as Milan Vidmar, Jacques Lousy, Carl Schlechter, Richard Réti, Max Euwe, Tartakower and Alexander Alekhine Savielly, successfully.
The Fajarowicz Gambit ( 3 ... Ne4 ) took place only after the match Herman Steiner - Sammi Fajarowicz ( Wiesbaden 1928) attention.