ANNOTATED GAME

Budapest Gambit is bad
remch (1621) vs. riwulof (1756)
Annotated by: riwulof (1977)
Chess opening: Budapest (A52), Rubinstein variation
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6
if 4...g5, then the good plan is 5.Bd2 to bring the bishop on the a1 h8 diagonal.
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5. Nf3 Bc5
?! theory say Bb4
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6. e3 Qe7 7. Bg5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qc5 9. Bf4 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Qd4
!
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12... Qxd4
d6 loose the knight after Qxc5

 
13. cxd4
White is better : center, development and soon a pawn
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13... Ng6 14. Bxc7 b6 15. Bd6 Bb7 16. d5 Nh4
To come back on f5 and remove the bishop that prevent 0-0. By the way, put pressure on g2
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17. e4 f6
To link the rooks together, as Nf5 is no longer possible
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18. Rb1
Plan suggestion : A) f4, g3, Bh3 or g2, 0-0, rook e1 and f1, then push the center. B) after removing the N, Be2, 0-0, Rb and c1, push a pawn. Then either black take and c pawn go ahead, or b pawn should fall.
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18... Ba6 19. Rb3 Kf7 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bd3
Ra3! to force black bishop to passivity
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21... Rhc8 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. O-O
Previous exchanges improved black position.
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24... Rc5 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. a4 Ra5 27. Bc2
? Ra1 or Ra3, =
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27... Rxc4 28. Bb3 Rxe4 29. d6+ Kf6 30. Rc3c7
Also to consider Rf3
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30... Rc5 31. Rc1xc5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Bf1+ 33. Kf3 bxc5 34. Rxc5
Rxd7 or Rxa7 would be faced by c4. I'm not sure who is better in any case.
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34... Rb1 35. Bd5 Rb4 36. Ra5
a5 !? Now the rook is kind of trapped.
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36... a6 37. Ke3 Rb6
Win a pawn

 
38. Bg8 h6 39. Rd5
?? but it is difficult to find a god move anyway. f4 probably
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39... Bc4 40. a5 Rb3+ 41. Ke4 Bxd5+ 42. Bxd5 Ra3
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