Baltic Defense Refuted

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thesexyknight

Because I had just played a game where my opponent played the baltic defense and I had heard that this was a defense that had been refuted, I began searching for it. However, all I could find on search engines were win %s and claims that a certain book had the refutation. So instead of purchasing a book to win a single online game, I decided it would be good training to look at the opening and try to find the refutation myself!

After being beat with this opening in live chess, I understood some of the basic ideas... This is what I came up with after a bit-o-work... Pls say something if you see an issue OR if you know the refutation yourself.

 

h777

The Budipest gambit wins a queen too.

thesexyknight
h777 wrote:

The Budipest gambit wins a queen too.


If it wouldn't be too much of a bother, would you pls post the line that leads to the queen capture?

thesexyknight

Yes. I'm obviously kidding. This is just the main line after the first 10 moves

thesexyknight

lol, well i am too, you can't refute an opening based on one line, I'm just showing what i think of the MAIN line.

x-4138331957

6...Nf6 is a mistake. Better is 6...e5. Immediately placing pressure on d4. Does anyone know what to do as Black after 3.Qb3? So, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3. What's Black's best move?

HMSPresident
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