From: mkukkone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Kukkonen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Budapest gambit
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:18:05 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In <1992Oct5.223352.22668@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mzabel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Zabel) writes:

>In article <1992Oct5.060109.11093@klaava.Helsinki.FI> mkukkone@klaava.Helsinki.
>FI (Mika Kukkonen) writes:
>>>Is anybody willing to give any opinions on this rarer version of the
>>>Budapest Gambit 1 d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de Ne4?  Otto Borik recently wrote
>>>a book on the Budapest claiming that this opening is o.k.
>>>I'd be interested to hear what people think of it.
>>
>>From my experience (and few games I have seen) 4.a3! refutes whole line.
>>I can dig up few games with this line, if you are interested.
>
>Yes, Mika is right ... 4.a3 is the beginning of some lines
>which are very bad for black.  4.Qc2 also is the beginning of
>a "refutation."  4.Nf3 lines also lead to good positions
>for white.  BUT - just knowing the above info is like just
>knowing a little karate - it's just enough knowledge to get
>your ass kicked!
>
>The Fajarawicz *should* be bad for black if White follows up
>correctly.  How often do you think that's going to happen
>though?  That depends on who you are playing.  GMs obviously
>don't play it, but others can.

Oh? As a proof of my statement, and to contradict everything you said
(GM's do play this line, and 4.a3 + 5.Nf3 + 6.Qc2 is very bad for black)
I'll give you following two games:

GM J.Yrjola - GM J.Bellon, II OPYBANK - tournament 1991:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4?!  4.a3!  a5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qc2 d5!  (6.-Nc5 7.Nc3
and 8.Nd5 is annoying threat) 7.e3 Be6 (7.-Bf5 8.Bd3) 8.Be2 f6!  (Otherwise
white pressures d5 by O-O and Rd1) 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Nc5 11.cxd5 Bxd5
12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Bc4!  (Whites clear advantage.  Unclear were 13.e4 Bf7;
13.b4 Qxa1 14.Bb2 Qxf1; and 13.Qc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Na4) a4 (To stop b4) 14.Rb1
Na5 15.Bxd5 Rxd5 16.Nc4 Nab3 17.Bd2 Nxd2 (Otherwise bishop comes to c3 and
black N on b3 is doing nothing) 18.Ncxd2 Bd6 19.b4! axb3 20.Nxb3 Rd8
21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.e4 Rh5 23.e5!? Qe7? (23.-Qc6 was better, although 24.Rb3
Rf8 25.Rc3 b6 26.a4 Rhf5? 27.Nd4 is winning) 24.Qe4! +- (With double threat
of Qxb7+ and Qg4+) Rh6 25.Qxb7+ Kd7 26.Rbd1+ Ke8 27.Rxd8+ (1-0)

GM J.Yrjola (Finland) - H.Hamdouchi (Marocco), Manila Olympics 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4?! 4.a3! d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qc2! d5 (6.-Bf5 7.Nc3
Nxf2 8.e4 Nxh1 9.exf5 with whites advantage) 7.e3 Be6 (Now we are in above
game except black has wasted tempo and not played a5) 8.Be2 Qe7 9.O-O O-O-O
10.Rd1 f5! 11.b4!? dxc4 12.Nbd2 Bd5? (12.-c3!) 13.Nxc4 g5 14.b5 Bxc4
15.bxc6 Bd5 16.cxb7+ Bxb7 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Bb2 Bg7 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Nd4 Rf8
21.f3 Bxe5 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.Qxc6 Nd6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qa8+ Kd7 26.Qxf8 Qxe3+
27.Kf1 (Black could resign now, but he plays until time control at move
40.) Qe5 28.a4 Kc6 29.Qa8+ Kd7 30.Qd5 Qxh2 31.Qxf5+ Kc6 32.Bb5+ Kb6 33.Qd3
Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 g4 36.Qd4+ Kb7 37.Qxg4 Qh6 38.Qd4 a6 39.Qd5+ Kc8
40.Bxa6+ Kd7 41.Bb5+ (1-0)

Annotationns are by J.Yrjola, from Finnish chess magazine "Avoin Linja"
(tr. Open Line).

Mika
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