Play the Budapest Gambit

Andrew Martin

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781781945896

The Budapest Gambit (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5) is an aggressive, dynamic approach for meeting 1 d4 and is a great line for throwing opponents onto their own resources. It is certainly double-edged as Black moves the same piece twice early on and also sacrifices a pawn. This pawn is often quickly regained but one of the great advantages of the Budapest is that if White tries to hang on to the pawn (and many players do) Black can quickly whip up a ferocious attack. A great number of materialistic but unprepared White players have found themselves swiftly demolished by Black's tremendously active pieces. When White is more circumspect and allows Black to regain the pawn, play proceeds along more sedate strategic lines where Black enjoys free and easy development. Experienced chess author and coach Andrew Martin examines all key variations of the Budapest. There is an emphasis on typical middlegame structures and the important plans and manoeuvres are demonstrated in numerous instructive games. ·Includes complete repertoires for Black with both 3...Ng4 and 3...Ne4 ·Comprehensive coverage featuring several new ideas ·Take your opponents out of their comfort zone!

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Preface
• 1 A Budapest Timeline
• 2 Key Strategic Ideas after 3 ... Ng4
• 3 The Rubinstein Variation: 4 Bf4
• 4 Safe and Sound: 4 Nf3
• 5 The Aggressive 4 e4
• 6 The Dark Horse: 4 e3
• 7 Budapest Oddities
• 8 The Budapest Gambit Declined
• 9 Key Strategic Ideas after 3 ... Ne4
• 10 The Natural 4 Nf3
• 11 The Acid Test: 4 a3
• 12 An Independent Line: 4 Nd2 Nc5
• 13 Early White Queen Moves
• 14 Other Fourth Moves
• Afterword
• Index of Complete Games
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