Austria-Hungary: Where Many Openings Come From
Hello chess buddies! I haven't posted in some time because I was extremely busy and was trying to make this blog high quality. We will start with a little bit of history...
The Austro-Hungarian Empire (or Austria-Hungary) back in the early 20th century was a country of many ethnic groups and countries today. As you can see, many modern countries have parts of their territory inside it.
The reason why I'm talking about it is because the two major parts of the empire, Austria and Hungary, have a lot of openings named after them. Particularly these 4 below, 2 for each country and 2 for their capital city respectively.
The Austrian Attack
The Hungarian Defense
The Vienna Game
The Budapest Gambit
I will be sharing analyses on 3 openings and will be making a video on the Budapest Gambit!!
(In case you don't know, Vienna is the capital city of Austria, and Budapest for Hungary)
1. The Austrian Attack
The starting position of the Austrian Attack. This opening has been considered almost a refutation of the Pirc Defense, which is why people sometimes play 3...e5 instead, as shown above. It is a known refutation of the Pirc and offers white extremely good attacks and is just overall better.
Here is a game with the Austrian Attack:
2. The Hungarian Defense
This line isn't good for black whatsoever because it lets white control the center of the board. White won't need to play the move d3 to prepare d4 later on, he can just get it in with one move. The Hungarian Defense is a common but not-so great line against the Italian Opening.
Here is a game with the Hungarian Defense:
3. The Vienna Game
The Vienna Game arises after 1.e4 e5 2. Nc3. It is a flexible opening for white with options of going back to the 4 knights variation or play f4, as played in the position above. However, at higher levels this move becomes "passive" and black can exploit white's weaknesses. I won't share any games with the Vienna Game because it is so rarely played in higher level games.
4. The Budapest Gambit
This gambit is one of the best objective gambits there are against 1.d4, other than the Albin Countergambit, which doesn't really work. Check out this video below for a repertoire with the Budapest! (The image on top of the chessboard is an image of the Buda castle in Budapest)
Thanks for Reading!!
CM Chessdemon2019
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