<Does anybode know what the real problem is with playing the Budapest gambit? I have been playing it for sometime now, and it seems to me that its not unsound at all.
I think its really good, and playing white against it can be a really scary experience.
So if you have a line that you think is winning or close to winning against it
after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 please show it to me. >
Well, the first main issue with the Budapest is that it is a GAMBIT! If you do get the pawn back..White, in general, will have a better position,
IN GENERAL!:)
LEts look at a popular line:
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4, e5
3.dxe5, Ng4
4.Nf3, Bc5
5.e3, Nc6
6.Be2, 0-0
7.0-0, Re8
8. Nc3, Ngxe5
9. Nxe5, Nxe5
10.Ne4(!?) Usually, 10. b3 or 10. Khi is played, but I like this moves, it atacks the Black Bishop which is one of black's main attackers in lots of Budapest lines.
...Bf8
11.
Ng3 and from here black has all kinds of options 11
...d6, 11...
a5!?, 11...
Qh4!? and 11...
g6 are a few..each one has its good and bad, but I think White's position is preferable after his 10th move...Black is constricted..certainly NOT What he wanted when playing this variation of the Budapest.
I can give more specifics I think, if anyone wants to tackle some other lines or variations. I am not saying that the Budapest is unsound..hell, as a D Pawn player, I have had to face it alot, and have not done the best...but I am not convinced it is the best opening out there
Hope this helped you a little ?!
Jeff aka "ZZapper"