A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Qd5 Qe7 7.a3 a5)

It is always nice to see that after a few games that I go through in my database, some new opening that I have not covered yet appears and I get a topic for my posts. I am already nearing 300 different opening variations which makes me grin a bit. I would not have believed this when I started doing this blog but somehow something new always comes along. I know that there is a limit in the openings so if I somehow get to 3600 then I know there are not that many left anymore. I do not know how many there are in total exactly, but according to one estimate there are over 3600. I think I should go over some of my chess960 games soon but for now I will cover just my chess games. The game below is from a team match called Open Challenge Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. It was played between Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು and King Hunters. I played on board two for King Hunters. This 10 board match ended in a score of 13 - 7 in favor of Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. The match started on January 13th 2015 and ended on April 18th 2015. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in six today.

[Event "Open Challenge Team Bengaluru - ಬೆ�"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "sanath1987"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "1872"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 {A52 Budapest Defense: Adler Variation} Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qd5 (6. a3 a5 7. Qd5 {0-1 (27) De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017}) 6... Qe7 7. a3 a5 {A52 Budapest Gambit} 8. Be2 (8. Nc3 {is more complex.} Ncxe5 (8... Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 O-O {0-1 (27) De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017}) 9. h3 (9. Nxe5) 9... c6 10. Qd1 Nf6 11. Nd4) 8... Ngxe5 {1.10/20} (8... Ncxe5 $11 {0.00/26} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5) 9. O-O {0.18/22} (9. b3 $16 {1.10/20}) 9... Nxf3+ {1.14/21} (9... d6 $11 { 0.18/22 keeps the balance.}) 10. Bxf3 {0.00/25} (10. Qxf3 $16 {1.14/21} O-O 11. Nc3) 10... Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nc3 a4 $146 {1.50/20} (12... d6 $11 {0.00/26} 13. b3 c6 14. Qd1 Qh4 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Bd4 Nf7 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Qd4 Raa8 23. Qh4 Ng5 24. Rd3 Bf5 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Qd4 Rad8 27. h4 Ne4 {Guterman,I (1883)-Trefilov,A (2220) Nizhny Tagil 2014 0-1 (36)}) (12... c6 13. Qd2 Bb6 14. b3 Bc7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bb2 f5 17. Rae1 Bb6 18. Bh5 d6 19. Kh1 Be6 20. e4 Qd7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Na4 Bc7 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Rg5 fxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 27. Rxe6 {De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017 0-1}) (12... Ra6 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. c5 Rg6 15. b4 d6 16. Bb2 Bh3 17. Ng3 c6 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. gxh3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Rd7 Kg6 25. Bh5+ Kh6 26. Bxf7 {1-0 (25) Sanchez Rodenas,J (1738)-Espinosa Palacios,V Madrid 2014}) 13. Qd1 {0.70/21} (13. f4 $16 {1.50/20 } Nc6 14. Qd3) 13... c6 {1.60/21} ({Black should try} 13... d6 $14 {0.70/21}) 14. Nxa4 {0.95/22} (14. f4 $142 {1.60/21}) 14... Ba7 $16 15. b4 {0.45/23} ({ White should play} 15. Qb3 $16 {1.39/20}) 15... Nxc4 $2 {2.36/18 [#]} (15... d6 $14 {0.45/23}) 16. Bxc4 $18 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} b5 17. Bxf7+ $2 { 0.42/23} (17. Bd3 $18 {2.42/19}) 17... Rxf7 $14 18. Nc3 d5 19. Bb2 {0.00/23} ( 19. Ne2 $1 $14 {0.60/20}) 19... Bb7 {1.17/20} (19... Qg5 $11 {0.00/23} 20. Ne2 Bg4) 20. Ne2 $16 Re8 {1.58/19} (20... Bc8 $142 {0.87/22}) 21. Nd4 {0.94/22} ( 21. Bd4 $142 {1.58/19} Bb8 22. Rc1) 21... Bb8 22. Rc1 Bxh2+ $2 {5.20/24} (22... Qh4 $16 {0.76/23 is tougher.} 23. g3 Qe4) 23. Kxh2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Ref8 25. Qe2 Rf6 26. Qe1 ({Weaker is} 26. Nf3 Rxf3 27. Be5 (27. gxf3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qg5+ 28. Kh2 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg6+ 30. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 27... R3f5 $11) 26... Rg6 {[#] ( -> ...Qh3)} 27. f3 ({Worse is} 27. g3 Qh3 $17) 27... Qh3 28. Rc2 Qh5 29. Qc1 Qg5 30. e4 dxe4 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Ne6 { Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 11%.} 1-0