Sunday 22 March 2020

How to deal with the openings Part 3 of 3

In this final part we will examine some of the 'unorthodox' openings in more detail.  I intend to cover:

For White

  • Grand Prix Attack
  • The Scotch Game 

For Black:

  • Kings Indian Defence
  • Budapest Defence

Grand Prix Attack

Typical starting position 

This position arose after:  1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1 *


Scotch Game 

Typical starting position

This position arose after:  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 *


Kings Indian Defence

Typical starting position

This position arose after:  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 *



Budapest Defence

Typical starting position
The above position arose after:  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 *


In the next post I will be looking at the Grand Prix Arrack in some detail ...