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Fajarowicz variation
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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black kingh8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 white pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white pawnd4 black kinge4 black knightf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 black kingd2 black kinge2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqkb1r/pppp1ppp/8/4P3/2P1n3/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR w

Moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
ECO code: A51
Parent: Budapest Gambit

Fajarowicz variation

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The Fajarowicz variation or Fajarowicz gambit is said to have its origins in the chess circles from Leipzig, with the first important game being H.Steiner – Fajarowicz at the 1928 Wiesbaden tournament.[1][2] Black makes no immediate effort to regain the gambit pawn, preferring to concentrate on active piece play. As the game develops, White has to avoid several tactical pitfalls, in particular a Bb4+ at an annoying moment; a Qf6 doing a double attack on b2 and f2; (after 1...d6 2.exd6 Bxd6) the pseudo-sacrifice 3...Nxf2 4.Kxf2 Bg3+ and 5...Qxd1, winning White's queen for two minor pieces; and, once White has played e3, a concerted attack on the d3 square with the setup Nc5/Bf5/Nb4.

According to Borik, the best moves for both players are 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.a3 Nxd2 7.Nxd2 Bf8 when it is difficult for Black to justify their pawn sacrifice.[3] The variation 4.a3 also gives Black some headache, disallowing the check on b4 and preparing to attack the knight with Qc2. The response 4...Qh4?!, introduced in O'Kelly – Bisguier (1969) is dubious after 5.g3 Qh5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qc2!

Minor variations

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4.Qd3 and 4.Qd4

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Both 4.Qd3 and 4.Qd4 seem to gain a tempo by attacking the Ne4, but after 4...Nc5 followed by 5...Nc6 Black gets their tempo back and the queen remains misplaced. Black can develop with d6 its Bb8 with the pawn exchange d7–d6, and then setup an attack on the light squares c2 and d3 with moves like Bf5 and Nb4. It is important that Black gets the move d7–d6 soon enough, as they must be able to answer a possible Bc1–g5 with Qd8–d7. In that way they avoid an exchange of pieces and the queen can still play on the light squares via the f5-square. If White gets their queen on g3, Black can protect their g7-pawn with Nc5–e6 when the white queen will soon reveal to be misplaced.[4]

4.Qd5

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The move 4.Qd5 seems better than 4.Qd3 or 4.Qd4 as the queen cannot readily be attacked by the black knights. Borik recommends 4...Bb4+ (considered as "playable" by Lalic) so that White has the annoying choice between giving their bishop pair with 5.Bd2, wrecking their pawn structure with 5.Nc3, or blocking their own bishop with 5.Nd2. In that latter case, an important tactical finess is that after the possible 5...Nc5 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 b6! White cannot take the black rook because of 8.Qxa8? Bb7 9.Qxa7 Nc6 that wins the white queen.[5] Thus Black can freely develop its queenside, harass the white queen and later regain the e5-pawn.

4.Nd2

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The cautious 4.Nd2 allows the retreat 4...Nc5, letting the Nd2 misplaced and obstructing the Bc1. Then the hasty 5.b4 runs into 5...Ne6 6.a3 a5! and the attack on the b4-pawn forces White to give away the c5-square with 7.b5. Black has a good game as they can install a knight on the strongpost c5 and then concentrate on regaining the e5-pawn.[6] White does better with 5.Ngf3 Nc6 and a transposition in the 4.Nf3 variation.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4

4 5 6 7 8
Qd3
Nc5



=
Qd4
Nc5



=
Qd5
Bb4+



=
Nd2
Nc5		 Ngf3
Nc6


Qc2
Bb4+		 Nc3
d5		 exd6
Bf5		 Bd2
Nxd6		 e4
Bxc3		 +=
Nf3
Bb4+		 Nbd2
d5		 exd6
Qxd6		 e3
Nc6		 Be2
Bf5		 +=
a3
Nc6		 Nf3
d6		 Qc2
d5		 e3
Bg4		 cxd5
Qxd5		 +=
 

Wikipedia has related information at Budapest Gambit

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Borik 1986, p.60
  2. ↑ Tseitlin 1992, p.89
  3. ↑ Borik 1986, p.92
  4. ↑ Borik 1986, p.63–65
  5. ↑ Borik 1986, p66; Borik says it has been suggested by J.Staker.
  6. ↑ Borik 1986, p.85

References

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  • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.


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