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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

Budapest Defense 

(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)

 

 

 

This is an aggressive counter-gambit that became popular in Budapest in the 

late 19

th

 century and early 20

th

 century.  There are several traps associated 

with this defense and gambit. 

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 d6?? 5.Qa4+, winning the Bishop (Gueye 

- Tonci, Sharjah 1985)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Bg5 [better is 4.Nc3] 4…Ne4! (a queen sacrifice) 

5.Bxd8?? Bxf2 mate.(Arnold - Hanauer, Philadelphia 1936)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3 

8.Nf3 Qh6 and Black wins more material (Wacker - Klein, Germany 1993)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Be3?? Bxe3 6.fxe3 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3 

and if 8.hxg3 Qxh1 wins the rook (Wacker - Klein, Eisenberg 1993)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.g3 Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Bxg3+ and 

8...Qxd1, winning the Queen. (Warren - Selman, Postal 1930 and repeated 

in Nicoleanu - Georgescu, Bucharest 1960)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 d5 6.exd6 Bf5 7.Qa4+ Nc6 

8.a3 Nc5 9.dxc7? [9.Qd1 should be played] 9…Qe7 10.Qd1?? [too late. 

White had to try 10.Qb5] 10…Nd3 mate (Lagha - Contedini, Leipzig 1960)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Ne4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Qxc7 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 

Nxd2 8.Qxc8+ Ke7 9.Qc7+ Ke6 and Black threatens mate with 10…Nf3 

(Bloemen - Gedult, Paris 1971)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Ne4 4.f3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qh4+ 6.g3 Nxg3  7.Bxb4 Ne4 

mate  (Rabott - Wall, Internet 1996)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nc3 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.h3 Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Qh4+ 

8.Kf3?? [8.Ke3 is best] 8…Qg3+ 9.Ke4 Bf5+! 10.Kxf5 Qg6 mate (Fomin - 

Fedossov, USSR 1988)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Qxg7?? Be5 trapping 

the Queen  (Takacz - Krejcik, Vienna 1920)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.c5 Nc6 7.Qd1 Nxf2! 

and if 8.Kxf2 Bg3+ and 9...Qxd1, winning the Queen (Rajacajn - Wall, 

Internet 1996)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bxf2+ 7.Ke2? [7…

Kd2 is more accurate] Nd4+ 8.Qxd4 Bxd4 9.Bxd8 Bxb2 wins the Rook (Zak 

- Mieses, London 1944)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.g3 Ncxe5 

8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne4 f5 10.Nd2?? Nd3 mate (Heuston - Wall, Fremont, CA 1991)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 

Ngxe5 8.axb4?? Nd3 mate  0-1  (Detellis - Wall, Concord, CA 1986)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.h3?? [6.Nc3 is 

normal] 6…Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Bg3+ 8.Kxg3 Qxd1 wins the Queen (Preston - 

Wall, Thailand 1973)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 

Ncxe5 8.axb4?? [8.Nxe5 or 8.e3]  8…Nd3 mate (Subbraman - Munteanu, 

1991)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.h3 

Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.a3?? [9.e3 is better] 9…Nd3 mate (Flament - Gedult, 

Paris 1970)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bd2 Nxe5 6.e3 d6 7.Be2 Be6 8.Bc3 

Nbc6 9.f4 gxf4 10.exf4 wins a piece (Hertneck - Wunderer, Germany 1990)

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