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
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Qg4 O-O
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.a3 d6 7.Nf3 g6
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.a3 d6 6.Be2 g5 7.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.a3 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h4 Nbc6
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.f4 Nec6 7.a3 a5
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Na4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qe7
…and 44 more in the trainer.
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