Opening · played as Black

Budapest Gambit

Answer 1.d4 with 2...e5, throwing a pawn at the centre on move two. White keeps it with 3.dxe5 Ng4 and then has to survive the knight coming back, this is where the Kieninger Trap lives.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
Black
Variations covered
50

The main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.f5 d6

Some of the variations

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

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Open Budapest Gambit