Chessmate

Budapest Defense · Black

Adler Main Line, Active Piece Recovery · Black (A52)

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Budapest Defense · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO A51–A52

Sample line with full explanations: 4...Nc6 Main Line, ...Bxd2 and 12...b6 · White.

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ECO A51–A52

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  1. Adler Main Line, Active Piece Recovery · BlackSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. Nd2 Ngxe5 9. Nde4 Bf8 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Qh4 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Nd5 Rac8 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4

  2. Adler Variation, Budapest Rook Lift · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ncxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 11. Nc3 Ra6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Nf5 Qg5

  3. Adler Variation, Meeting 7.a3 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 a5 8. Be2 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O d6

  4. Rubinstein 6.Nbd2, Main ...Bxd2 Setup · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. O-O O-O

  5. Rubinstein 6.Nbd2, Meeting 7.a3 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Be2 O-O

  6. Rubinstein 6.Nc3, ...Qe7 and ...f6 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. e3 O-O

  7. Rubinstein 6.Nc3, Immediate ...Bxc3+ · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rae1 Kh8

  8. Alekhine Variation, 5...Ng6 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Qe7 8. Bd3 Qd6

  9. Alekhine Variation, 5...Nec6 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7

  10. 4.e3 and 5.Nh3, Fianchetto Setup · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 g6 6. Nf4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 Nc5

  11. Punishing the Greedy 4.Qd4 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Qd4 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Qe4 Re8 9. Qc2 Nxf2 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qa4 Nd3+ 12. Kd1 Nxb2+

  12. Budapest Declined with 3.d5 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. Nh3 Qh4 8. O-O h6 9. Rb1 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Ne4 Bd4

  13. Budapest Declined with 3.Nf3 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O

  14. Budapest Declined with 3.e3 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 O-O