Ah iv been looking for help on this. after 3. ..Ne4 they played 4. e6. Now the only recommended move i could find to Ne4 was a6, i assume to block Bb4+ so after 4. e6 and Bb4+ what are blacks responces to whites defences ?
In one of the games i have going at the moment he played 5. Bd2 and my reponce to that was Qh4 (?! ??) :-) Intending something like 6. g3 Qe7. Now if he takes the bishop Qb4 check gives me real options to work with. Id be gratefull for any advice you could offer since trying to find anything about about the opening is an up hill struggle and iv found nothing at all on Fajarowicz apart from what it was called :p
I've been studying the Budapest alot lately, it's an aggressive opening system that leads to an uncompromising struggle from the first opening moves. Instead of going for a sophisticated positional defense, Black tries to snatch initiative from White and offers a pawn sacrifice, giving this closed opening a spirit of open play. The opening focal point evolves around e5, alot of pressure is applied to this square. Some have said before that black basically does a lap around the board with its knight and ends up where it started. The Budapest Gambit is a good surprise weapon at any level, because it is not easy to play against without some preparation. Black will get its pawn back if the proper lines are followed.
1) Psychology
Black breaks the ban on playing e7-e5 which White declared with his first move 1.d2-d4, trying to force White to give the slow position play in the spirit of the Queen's Gambit with the strange looking 2...e5.
2) Tactics
After Black brings their pieces to the 4th and 5th rank (Ng4, Bb4 or Bc5), tactical threats appear "by themselves" (like Nxf2 or Bxe3). An unexperienced White player - in their attempts to keep the extra pawn- may create serious weaknesses in their position, and this also often gives Black good tactical chances.
3) Short-term strategy
Black's idea is to get a development advantage and to exploit it. Often black regains the pawn "on the way" (Ng4xe5), but sometimes black also offers the pawn sacrifice ...d6 or ...f6 for rapid piece development. After that he tries to exploit the superiority of his piece position by immediately creating threats of forks, pins and the creation of weak pawns etc.
4) Long-term strategy
As R. Reti pointed out, Black tries to attack the central dark squares which are weakened after the move c4. White has to prove that this activity is premature or insufficient.
The very special line 2...e5 3.dxe Ne4, called the Fajarowicz Variation, is a visible difference from 3...Ng4 lines. My personal favorite is the Bayonet attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 with the idea to gain a tempo for bringing the f8-bishop to g7 attacking the e5 pawn.
Reason this is not common in GM play:
1) If white uses common sense in chess and play for a rapid development of the kingside (Be2, 0-0).
2) White doesn't try to hold the extra pawn (early Qd5 only helps Black to develop his pieces with tempo, threating White's queen), but wants to exploit his small space advantage, control over d5 (with a Nd5 outpost) and the b2-g7 diagonal for his bishop.
White will come out fine. But I have found it to be a big surprise with my opponents lately.
Originally posted by Grayeyesofsorrow4.e6? You don't mean 4.e3? 4.e6(which I can't find in any of my Faj sources)just gives back the pawn.
Ah iv been looking for help on this. after 3. ..Ne4 they played 4. e6.
In one of the games i have going at the moment he played 5. Bd2 and my reponce to that was Qh4 (?! ??) :-) Intending something like 6. g3 Qe7. Now if he takes the bishop Qb4 check gives me real options to work with. Id be gratefull for any advice you could offer since ...[text shortened]... s an up hill struggle and iv found nothing at all on Fajarowicz apart from what it was called :p