Here are Budapest gambit traps for a quick win. This is a very sound gambit against d4. It’s the sharp gambit but if you treat this gambit carefully then you are safe. Strong players use this gambit against beginners and club players for quick results.

Budapest gambit trap is one of the traps which d4 players should prepare, because if white gets into this trap then he needs to resign within 10 moves.

Budapest gambit is very sharp and we should play carefully as white.

Let’s see examples where white resigned immediately in the opening.

Budapest Trap:1

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[Event "Mannheim"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Koebele, W."] [Black "Heine, J."] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. axb4 Nd3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Budapest Trap:2

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[Result "*"] [ECO "A51"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 Qh4 5. Be3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Qxf2+ 7. Bxf2 Bxf2# * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Budapest Trap:3

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[Event "Griesheim (Germany)"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hanke, Christopher"] [Black "Lauer, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A51"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Bg5 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Bc5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qxh4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Budapest Trap:4

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[Event "Philadelphia (USA)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Arnold, Ernest"] [Black "Ganauer, Norman"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A51"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1936.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Bg5 Ne4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Budapest Trap:5

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[Event "Budapest (Hungary)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Biehler, Thomas"] [Black "Peperle, Ervin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A51"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "1952.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. h3 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Ne4+ 6. Kf3 Qh4 7. Nc3 Qg3+ 8. Kxe4 f5+ 9. Kxf5 d6+ 10. Ke4 Bf5+ 11. Kxf5 Qg6# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Budapest Trap:6

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[Event "Leipzig (Germany)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Laghja, Khelil"] [Black "Contedini, Ennio"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A51"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d5 6. exd6 Bf5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. a3 Nc5 9. dxc7 Qe7 10. Qd1 Nd3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion

So I hope that your learn all the ideas mentioned in above traps of Budapest Defense. As I said this is a good choice for stronger players against beginners and club players. I hope you got the point.

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