Talk:Budapest Defence
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The current article text indicates that White doesn't have an advantage after
- 4. Bf4 Nc6
- 5. Nf3 Bb4+
- 6. Nc3 Qe7
- 7. Qd5!?
which seems reasonable. But why wouldn't White play
- 7. Qb3!
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Certainly that seems better than the supposed mainline
- 6. Nbd2 Qe7
- 7. a3 Ngxe5
- 8. Bxe5 Nxe5
- 9, e3
because after
- 9, ... Bxd2+
- 10. Qxd2 Nxf3+
- 11. gxf3
things seem pretty even
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AmericanJeffBowden 08:37, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
SyG 19:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree with you. After 6.Nc3 the best for Black is to play immediately 6...BxNc3+, otherwise White gets the opportunity to avoid the doubling of its pawns with 7.Qb3 or 7.Qc2. I would suggest to replace 6...Qe7 by 6...BxNc3+, what do you think ?
Huh, that is very interesting. Somehow I have never seen 7.Qb3, and I own and have looked through two books on the Budapest. ECO likes 7.Qb3 and says it favors White. ECO also likes the similarly intentioned 7.Rc1, as does MCO-14 (which doesn't mention 7.Qb3). Both ECO and MCO-14 recommend 6..Bxc3+ immediately (as SyG suggests) so as not to allow White to keep his pawns intact. I will modify the article accordingly.
AmericanJeffBowden, in the Nbd2 line, White never plays Bxe5. He plays Nxe5, keeping the bishop pair and not allowing Black to double White's f-pawns, as in the line you gave. Krakatoa 06:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
