Opening Secrets ‘by Grandmaster Susan Polgar in collaboration with FM Paul Truong The Budapest Fajarowicz [A51] he Budapest Fajarowier is rarel “Teves opening among grandmasters Satis quite a popular opening chotee on the slub feel Amazingly tere are several books ‘published recently about this gambit varfation. While the Bi it with (1 ig4 originates ‘Ned. version : many the nyenton at this opening isthe German 8 Fajaro- twice Irom ‘Leipzig. in the old says Turtakower and Richter played italy the US, GM Amhur Bisguier risod his-opponents here and with iin the recent years, Ghis Alfonso Ron ionso Zapata, Lev Gutman and others played i rom t What are the basic plans for Whiter White wins a pawn already on the third move, Black's often in no rush to win the pawn back, White ean choose tween two plans by either tying to Hang on to the pawh or give Xt back and settle for a'smal but longterm advantage What are the basic plans for Black? Black sacrifices a pawn on the second shove, with the understanding that tis tions, Black does not even attempt to win the eb-pawn back and. offers. 2 trade by playing di. Black hopes for Guick development and putting pres Sire on White in the center butlso in Some eases on either side of the Board, So what is the verdict? By plaving conservatively, White will ot have to worry too much about aying this gambit. Black's hope fs that White underestimates the dangers in Roca an Voy ng PRE A OT forhoextra eum, | i The starting a ae moves of the 2 2 Balspest are pol Tithe e4[28 wins eam ee Originally, the Budapest Gambit was only played with 3... Nga. However, in the last decade or so the Fajarowiez 44 Chess Life—April 2005 line of the Ned, White out of boing just sia Budapest Gambit Attor3 as numercus ways fo continue vided them into thse groups. "The lose popular ines Bin G)3Nae {81} Chasing the knight away with 4 fo?eipa blunder as lows # Ghee 54 Nags Fioweter, all of the following moves lead to interesting play ‘Aa\ 4°49 Bess smart move. After white ecthmitted fo develop the light Squared bishop fo g2, this move pro: wakes the advance Gt the epayh a6 Well's 08 Qe7 6 NEB after 6 ds the snsweris6. 9) 6. Neo Bes nis to-stuiibomiy held ono tne pawn with 2003, Now again, Black Fenponds with the sual a1 faso Peppa 8 Nbd2 Nl 9 id Budo" 10 Qxds Nxes is OR exts Nxt6 9 dh do 20 Baz Net 1 aga 12 00 Bg 13 Ge2 00" Blackie visihy aheod in devel Spment "rs Naa. (f4 Nbdz NAPE 1S ipE bred) 14 . Nas 15 Nach bes 16 Bc Nib 17 Rea Gos with dango busta T wn NReS 8 Nxos Qxo5. Black got tng pawa back. with @ safe postisn, Aitet 9 0-0 0-0 10 Qe2 Hes'11 Ng Me 12,Nbs Bor 13 Bd de, both Dies have equal chances: ‘43) 4 Ned would permanently ruin whites pawn strufture after 4 Nucd 5 Bees. Here Back gets actly Mins. Neo 0 M8 do 7 Bia Bee. ‘Aa) ada ‘The opening principle “do not bang your queen aut cay” is'true in this case 108 4». Nese Also the more popular . Bbavis fine, B'Nfs Neb. "This chases the queen Back. 8 di. Also after 6 ads the drawer would be 6. d6:6.046 7 Bt (7 gs ads 7 excie Bye 8 Ned Rad 98 Bo 19 Bea with advantage in develop ment andl ative play 101° Of) 7 Ba aed ee Now Black has to play vory accurato- ly to maintain the inktistive 3 4. OF8! 9 Qa" Protecting both the bishop and epawn on be. 9 = Bade 10 Bade 0-00; This move was the point of Biscks play! 11 Gis Rade 12 Oxfs gxfo 19 1Naa (White gets into trouble after the Morinal developing move 19.Ne3 Not 14 fot Re) 13 oe NDA Black’ iniatve is more than enough compensation foc te pawn, ‘A5) 4. Og Bba+ similarly to the 3 dt Nes vartation, here 4 Ne is OR 00.8 Naz Ned? 6 Uxdd Ger 71 {if 7 N{S. Black has no problem win- ning the pawn back after 7. Bxd2+ 8 Qxd2 NeG 9 Qe3 0-0 10 e3 Res} 7 Ne6 8 NIS 0-0 9 00-0 Ras and 10 ~. 16 next (AG) 4 Qe2 Bb4+ The right move that puts the question to White. 5 Nd2 {lf § Bd2 Nud2 6 Nad2 Noo 7 Nef Oe7 and fig the e5-pawn is lost. 8 e3 Nxes 9 ff Be2 0.0 10 00 a5 Tues nes Je Nf Of6) 5. AS © _Ngta (6 ex fog" ieee ae ae liagram) whet BS 7 Oba Nxd # nxd2 i: not advisable to take the bishop with 8 Oba as after 8. Naf 9 exo New 10 Gxbs Naa Blacks attack comes too fast 11 B49 RDB 12 8x8 U2 Oya? Nests Kea fb 14 exh KP7 13 Ra eb? With a winning attaek) 12. Ne2e 13 Kae Wb 4 Ret Rx 6 .. Bxd2+ 9 Nxd2 dxed 10 Nxea 00 is Oxby NAY and Black fs ally Seveloped while White still needs Shother three moves to caste, 'Az}d a da An interesting alterna tes 4 b6 § Qds and now 8 «Bb? 6 xb? Neg, wying to trap the qucen. 7 Ned [after the slow” PN thewhite ueen does not eseape anymore: 7 tlbs:8 Gas Nes 9 Obs a6) 7 -. Nob tout not 7 os SyGibs Obs oe ae men t| atitis oven but | EAMES a e White can save thesituation with 8 igs 16 0 exl6 axlo. (9. Neb7? 10 fixg7) ‘10 xt Oxi6" 11 Oxa8: Xi? (aliagram) and White tannot re the discovery a hop trom 18 15 NEB (5 exo Bud 6 NYS NKp2) 5 BIS. 6 63 (6Nd& dxes 7 NufS Oxct> 8 Kxdi Nxf2+) 6 =, NOG 7 exd6 Bxd6 8 1By2. Here Black has three options! 8 hSe8 «O16 of 8. Bes. 'B) 4'NTB ba? 5 Bd2 [See 5 Nbd2 atthe 4 Na2 variation) 5. Nxd2'6 Nbxd2 Ne6 7 a3 Brdii 8 Oxd2 Oe? 9 Qed Hanging onto the extra pave, ‘9-0-0 The right direction Is less advisable to castle to the queenside with 8. BG 10 g3 Bb7 11 Bhs! 0-0 Weer T= KF the queen after ‘k by moving the(using the pin with 11 .. Nxe5 12 Oxes OQxe5 13 Nxes Bxht is riot too good as the bishop gets stuck in the comer after 14 £3) 12 000 Rhe8 13 Rd5 and now if 13... NDB (13 «. NaS 14 bé Bxd5 115 cxds NDT 16 d6) 14 Rd3 Bxt3 15 Rxt3 e515 o» Oxe5 16 Oxe5 Axes 17 Ref? Rxe2 18 fi) 16 Re3 and White is clear ly better, 10 Rdit John Nun: uates that after 10 White is better. However, ac more recent analyses, enough counterplay with 11 6 is also rea- Sonable) 12 exd6 n the NCO eval ording to Black. gets de (a 4 Rd2 Rac 10. ReB 11 RdS Protecting the pawn on e5 fi one more time. [ ite bo 12 3 BOT 13 Bea {diagram) 18. Nd& The most precise way! After 73... Rad8 14-00 Nb8 15 Rd2 xd 16 Bxr3 Qxes 17 Qc2, Black wins the pawn back. In that’ position, 1 Slightly prefer White, although after the correct 17...d6 White's advantage is minimal 14 Rd2 NeG 15 0-0 a5 16 Ridt NeS 17 Rdd aa and “Black is quite Comfortable” according to GM Gut man. In the Tast few moves, Black im- proved his position on the queenside. Kiter moving the rook from a8, Black ‘will be ready to take on (8 and finally ‘win the pawn back 4 Nd2 White would be glad to wade knights as White is a pawn ahead. 'd vw Bb 4... Ne5 would waste too many moves, allowing 5 b4 Ne6 6 a3 b6 TNgia Bo? # e3 45-9 bS dG 10 exdé ibxd6 12 Bb2 0-0 12 Bez Nd7 13 0.0 Ndes 14 Qe? Qe7 15 Riot Rad8 16 Radi and Black has not enough com- pensation for the pawn. 'B Ngt3 Hore Black has two playable plans" 3 ~~ d6 In gambit style ‘The other option was § .. Ne6 6 a3. {Here is one of the few games betwee Strong GMs; 6 €3 Oe? 7 Be2 Nxes & 00 Nagoe 9 Nfs 00 10.Nda Bes 11 Qc2 c6 12 bs ds 13 Bb2 Bd7 Topalov-Romero, Las Palmas 1992) 6... Nxd2.7 Nxd2 (Paxba NxfS+ 8 exf9 Qo7 9 ft Oxbs= 10 Od2 00 11 Qxbé Nxb4 12 Rad 05 13 Bd2 Neb) 7. Bxd2+ 8 Buda. Nxes 9 Bed Oe? [After 9 ~ d62! White could use the temporary instability of the Black knight on e5: 10 65198 11 cxd6) 10 fa No6 (10... Nxcd 11 Odd Neo 12 Bxg? igh 18 Bdd Ngee 1 Bxe2 Mig? 15.000 Fxe2 16 Mhgi) 11 Bxg7 RgB 12 Be3 Qh 15 g3 Rad 14 hxg Oxhi 15 Qd3 dé 16 0-050 Bd? 17 Qed* KIB 18 BIG, 18. ReB {9 Qe3 Qed ~ GM Gutman considers lear. But I think White e- with 18 ¢5 Res 19 Qd3 6 exd6 ‘The best answer. White gets, nothing after 6 Qe2 BIS or 6 Qa4+ No6. 6» OXAG 7 a3 I 7 63 Neb 8 Be2 (or 8 a3 Bxd2+ 9 Nxd2 BfS 10 Nxes Oxd1+ 11 Kxdlt Bxed 12 f3 000+ 13 Ket Bd3 14 Bd2.NeS 15 63°Bc2 16 ba Bds 17 cS hes}, 8 «BS 9 0-0 Bxd2 10 Nxd2 Qg6 11 Nxed Bxed 12 BIS Bd3 13 Ret 0-0-0 (but 1Ot 13... Bxcd 14 Od b5 15 Oa and the black king cannot get to salety) 7 w. Bxd2+ 8 Bxd2 After § Nxd2 Ne § Qed a5 10 03 Ne6 11 Be2 ad 12 0-0 00.13 NS EEE Qf6 14 Bd2 BIS 15 Qe3 Qe7 16 Radt Rad8 Black has counterplay. 8 OF6! 9 Qe ii9 Qe2 the answer is 9. BIS 2 ene 10 Bia Bee 11 ga WE OorengeNes wer TZ. (diagram) and Black is doing fine. Conclusion ‘The Budapest-Fajarowicz. is certainly for the adventurous type. As Black, play this gambit only if you do not so.mschessong mind being a pawn down for a Tong. . On the good side, usually White has to face the surprise element Even alter reading some books on this Opening, itis hard to come to a clear Conclusion as to what is the best way tO play against it There are a Tot of analyses available, but so far not to0 any" practical games exist between strong grandmaster ‘As White, my recommendation is do not uy to hang on by all means to the xtra pawn but rather hurey up with Gevelopment and. Took for a. slight Stdvantage. ram looking forward to sec- ing how this relatively new opening will develop in the coming years. Dont forget to request the opening ‘you would like to-see by sending your Fequest to PolgarchessClub@aol com, ‘The opening with the most requests will be our mext opening of the month, Tryou have suggestions to make thi Column “more ‘enjoyable, please feel froo to email us. For your avformation, ven though we are not able to Te spond to each request, we do read al Sour email and we sincerely value Your personal Input. 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