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ilusmte
What is the best way to play against aggressive Budapest gambit ?
Yigor

 

and now there are many good moves for white. peshka.png

Yigor

4. Bf4 is one of top choices. 

ilusmte

No actually is there any out of book line ? 

I know Bf4 is good but that is in fact the most tested variation of Budapest. Black will be well prepared for that....... 

ilusmte

Thanks.. I'll check that out. Actually I am wondering why it's better to accept the gambit?

satrancokulu
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Optimissed
Accept the gambit and play 4. Bf4. After castling, centralise rooks. If black didn't play Bxd2, move the Nd2 and attack black's B. This makes the so-called "aggressive" Gambit look very passive and poor. Accepting the gambit grabs the two bishops and the more active game, since it costs black moves to regain the pawn.
SmyslovFan

Check out Tim Taylor's book on the Budapest. While it is a repertoire book for Black, it gives some excellent lines for White. 

Other good books that may help include Boris Avrukh's Grandmaster Repertoire 1.d4 vol 2  and Bronznik's excellent 1.d4 - Beat the Guerrilla Openings!: A Powerful Opening Repertoire Against Annoying Black Sidelines. 

ActuallySleepy
Play 2.e3 instead
FrogCDE

Speaking as a sometime Budapest player, I think both 4.Bf4 and 4.Nf3 are better for White if they know the lines well, which is why I don't play it much any more. 

FunnyAnimatorJimTV

Super easy to play against: This is the mainline way and probably best: 

 
Hope it helps

 

ilusmte

I think this line is a very interesting one in Budapest Gambit......... 

after e5 what about Nf3 and if e4 then Nd2 followed by Nc3 and Qb3 with a brilliant french game with colour reversed. I think this is quite a surprising line than other Budapest main lines. 

ilusmte

Well if you are a Budapest Gambit practitioner then you might know the strategic problems black faces..... I want to know them. 

SmyslovFan

There have been plenty of sources provided for you to research the Budapest for yourself.

igotvishwanothing

Mamedyarov has had good results with ...g5 after Bf4.

ilusmte

Thanks Magician..... I've also found a interesting line in Budapest where black can fianchetto his King's Bishop. 

Robhad

 Carefully.

Robhad
DeirdreSkye wrote:

I made a post in my blog showing some basic middlegame ideas for white.

Maybe it can help. Take a look:

https://www.chess.com/blog/DeirdreSkye/how-to-play-against-budapest-gambit 

I'm getting a 404 error on that link.

ilusmte

Wow very nice research Deird..... So this is one of those gambits where we can't decline the pawn.... 

ilusmte

Yeah...