Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Bc5

Busch-Gass gambit C40 Open Game 2...Bc5?! · Busch-Gass gambit Black ignores the attack on their e-pawn to go on the offensive immediately. This gambit is considered unsound. After White accepts the gambit with 3. Nxe5, Black continues 3...Qh4 threatening mate. Black hopes to keep White on the back foot long enough to recover the pawn and get ahead in development. However, Black cannot get sufficient compensation so long as White keeps their head. Transposition into a Stafford gambit is also possible, after 3...Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6. A club-level continuation is declining the gambit with 3. Bc4, but this fails to capitalise on Black's play and gives them time to defend their e pawn with 3...Nc6 (transposing into a Giuoco Piano) or 3...d6. Theory table Busch-Gass gambit (trap) 3. Nxe5 Qh4 4. g3?? Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxh1 -+ Busch-Gass refutation 3. ... ... 4. d4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Qf5 7. Bd3 Qe6 8. Nxf7 Qxf7 9. dxc5 +- Chiodini gambit accepted 3. ... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 Stafford transposition 3. ... ... 4. ... ... 5. d3 Nf6 References