Specialized Chess Opening Tactics – Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits: Specialized Chess Tactics, #1

By Carsten Hansen

Tired of being recommended to study chess tactics but the tactics in the books do not look anything like what could arise in the openings you play? So am I! Well, here is the answer: opening specific tactical exercises split up by variation from actual games.
In this book, you will face hundreds of tactical positions, not only combinations but positions with tactical elements for you to solve and familiarize yourself with. This will help you be extra tactically alert when you are playing your games in this opening.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carsten Hansen
• Release date: Sep 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386381037

Carsten Hansen

Carsten Hansen is an experienced coach as well as both a FIDE Master and a certified FIDE Trainer. He has authored 15 books all phases of the game but is recognized as an expert on the opening phase of the game.

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Specialized Chess Opening Tactics

Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits

A Focused Approach to Studying Chess Openings

by

Carsten Hansen

Specialized Chess Opening Tactics – Volume 1: Budapest Gambit

Copyright © 2017 by Carsten Hansen

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing, 2017

ISBN

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CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part 1 - 3.dxe5 Ne4

The Fajarowicz Gambit

Chapter 1 - 4.a3

Chapter 2 - 4.Nf3

Chapter 3 - 4.Qc2

Chapter 4 - Other 4th Moves

Part 2 - 3.dxe5 Ng4

The Budapest Gambit

Chapter 5 - 4.e4

Chapter 6 - 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 & Minor Lines

Chapter 7 - 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2

Chapter 8 - 4.Nf3 Nc6

Chapter 9 - 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6

Chapter 10 - Minor 4th Moves

INTRODUCTION

Thanks for picking up this book. I sincerely hope you will enjoy reading the book as much as I have writing it.

We all dream of winning our games fast, using excellent opening preparation, flashy tactics and then mate our opponents. However, it rarely goes like that. Usually, the games average around 40 moves, contain enough blunders on both sides to have both you and your opponent horrified after the game. However, what I have found is that many games, even amongst the strongest players, contain errors and mistakes, some quite significant ones, as soon as the players depart the theory that is known to them.

This book, the first in a new series, aims to sharpen your tactical skills in the openings that you play. The idea is that when you study these examples, solve the puzzles and go over the solutions, you will eventually become more tactically alert than ever before.

Of course, some patterns are more familiar others, some of these puzzles will be easy and that’s a good thing because you will then not have a problem with those types of tactical possibilities in your own games. Then there will be the ones you can’t solve without going through the solutions, they are even better because these puzzles are the ones that will help you build your tactical understanding.

As for the games, they are typically between players with a rating of at least 2000 and often well more than that.

Note that the level of the tactical puzzles varies a lot, so some may be easy to solve, others very difficult. In several cases, the players themselves missed the moves I’m asking you to find.

I expect to add material to this book, so make sure you accept the updates as you are being prompted by Amazon.

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Good luck and enjoy!

Carsten Hansen

Bayonne, NJ

September 2017

Part 1 - 3.dxe5 Ne4

The Fajarowicz Gambit

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Chapter 1 - 4.a3

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Position # 1

Black to move

Game # 1

A.Schmied (2128) – R.Schlindwein (2426)

Untergrombach 2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 a5 8.Nf3

8...Bb4!

White resigned because of 8...Bb4! 9.axb4 axb4 10.Qxb4 Rxa1 11.Qd2 0–0 and Black is winning.

0–1

Position # 2

Black to move

Game # 2

T.Marinelli (2425) – S.Osmanbegovic (2340)

Cannes 1995

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.g3

7...Nxf2! 8.Kxf2

Or 8.Qc2 Nxh1 9.Bg2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bxg3+ 11.Kf1 Bf5 12.Qa4 0–0 13.Be3 Re8 14.Bg1 Rxe2 and there is no point for White to continue, 0–1, J.Gruenenwald-C.Kratochwil, Germany 1997.

After 8.Kxf2, Black has 8...Bxg3+, winning the queen.

0–1

Position # 3

Black to move

Game # 3

B.Kreiman (2497) – K.Evertsson (2191)

Dos Hermanas (Internet) 2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.e3 Qe7 10.Be2 0–0–0 11.Qa4 g5 12.0–0 g4 13.Nd2

13...Bxh2+! 14.Kxh2 Qh4+ 15.Kg1 Bxg2! 16.Kxg2 Qh3+ 17.Kg1 g3

17...Ne5! is, in fact, even stronger: 18.Qb5 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 gxf3 with mate in a few moves.

18.Nf3? Rhg8 19.e4 gxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rg2+ 21.Ke3 Qh6+

0-1

Position # 4

White to move

Game # 4

J.Tisdall (2420) – B.Stein (2380)

Oslo 1985

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Qh4 5.g3 Qh5 6.Bg2 Qxe5 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Qd5 Qxd5 11.cxd5 Nd8 12.Nd4 c6 13.Bf4 f6 14.0–0 a6 15.b4 g6 16.Rfd1 cxd5 17.Bxd5 Ne6 18.Be3 Be7 19.Rac1 Bd8 20.Nb3 0–0 21.Nc5 Bb6

22.Nxe6!

Note that 22.Bh6 Bxc5 23.Bxf8 Bxf8 24.Bxe6+ dxe6 25.Rd8 is similarly strong and also wins.

22...dxe6

Or 22...Bxe3 23.Nxf8+ with a check and therefore the bishop on e3 will fall next.

23.Rxc8! Rfxc8 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxc8 Bxe3 26.Rd8+

1–0

Position # 5

Black to move

Game # 5

N.Skalkotas (2285) – A.Papastavropoulos (2241)

Athens 2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 a5 5.Qc2 Nc5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.b3 0–0 9.Bb2 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 d6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1+ 15.Qxa1 Ne4 16.e3 Be6 17.Bd3 Ng5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Be4 Qh4 20.Nf4 Bxc4 21.Qc3 Ne5 22.g3

22...Qf6!

Black threatens a nasty check on f3 because the queen is unprotected.

23.Kd2

After 23.Qd4 , the patient 23...c6! wins, e.g., 24.Kd1 d5 25.Bc2 g5 26.Nh3 Qf3+ 27.Kd2 Re8 and White's position soon collapses.

Or 23.Kd1 d5 24.Nxd5 (24.Bg2 Ra8) 24...Rd8 and Black wins material.

23...Ra8! 24.Kc1 Nd3+!

0–1

Position # 6

Black to move

Game # 6

S.Bekker Jensen (2388) – O.Simonsen (2183)

Copenhagen 2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.e3 Qe7 10.Nd2 0–0–0 11.Qa4

11...Nd4! 12.Nxe4

12.exd4 Bc2+ or 12.Be2 Nxe2 13.Kxe2 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bc6 15.Qxa7 b6 16.Qa6+ Kb8 followed by ...Bxh2, ...Rhe8, ...Qd7 and invasion on the light squares; White has no counterplay.

12...Qxe4 13.Kd1 Nc2 14.Qxc2 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 Rxd2+ 16.Qxd2 Bxd2 17.Kxd2

White managed to get rook, bishop + pawn for the queen, but he is so far behind in development and his king is very unsafe so everything soon collapses for White anyway.

17...Rd8+ 18.Kc3 Qe5+ 19.Kc2 Qf5+ 20.Kc3 Qf6+ 21.Kb3 Rd2 22.Rb1 Qxf2 23.g3 Qxe3+ 24.Ka2 Qe6 25.Re1 Qg4 26.h4 f5

0–1

Position # 7

Black to move

Game # 7

G.Schmid (2310) – R.Braeuning (2320)

Germany 1990

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.e3 Qf6 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0–0–0 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.0–0 g5 15.Ra2 h5 16.b4 h4 17.h3 Qe6 18.f3 Rd7 19.b5 Rhd8 20.c5 Rd3 21.c6 bxc6 22.bxc6 Rc3 23.Qb1 Rxc6 24.Re2 Qc4 25.Qf5+ Kb7 26.Rfe1

26...Qxe2! 27.Qb1+

White can't capture the queen: 27.Rxe2 Rxc1+ 28.Re1 (28.Kf2 Bg3#) 28...Rxe1+ 29.Kf2 Bg3#.

27...Rb6 28.Qe4+ Kb8

And White resigned as he will get mated anyway.

0–1

Position # 8

White to move

Game # 8

H.Dobosz (2410) – J.Blauert (2290)

Naestved 1988

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a5 6.b3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.Qd5 f5 9.h5 d6 10.hxg6 Qe7 11.Rxh7 dxe5

12.Bh6! Be6

Or 12...Nf6 13.Bxg7 Nxh7 14.Bxh8.

13.Bxg7 Bxd5

Or 13...Rxh7 14.gxh7 Kf7 15.h8Q Rxh8 16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.Bxh8 and White has two rooks and minor piece for the queen.

14.Rxh8+ Kd7 15.cxd5 Nd4

Also 15...Rxh8 16.dxc6+ Kc8 17.Bxh8 Qc5 18.Nbd2 Qxf2+ 19.Kd1 is hopeless for Black.

16.Nxe5+ Kd6 17.Nc4+ Kxd5 18.Bxd4

With a hopeless position for Black, who nevertheless still continued for a few more moves.

18...Rxh8 19.Bxh8 Qh4 20.Nc3+ Kc6 21.Bd4 Ng3 22.Ne5+ Kd6 23.Nf3

1–0

Position # 9a

White to move

Position # 9b

Black to move

Game # 9

R.Andersen (2077) – J.Hvenekilde (2260)

Copenhagen 2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Qc2 Nc5 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.b4 Ne6 9.Bb2 0–0 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Ng5

12.Nbd2!

White allows Black's capture on b4 to gain a strong

Reviews for Specialized Chess Opening Tactics – Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits

[spantelic_160456600 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very interesting idea, to train "specially" the tactics of one specific opening from your repertoire!