![]() The two references that I have that use Budapest Gambit are Kasparov & Keene 1992 ( BCO-2) and Nunn ( NCO). It seems that Soltis ( Grandmaster Secrets: Openings) also uses "Defense", but I don't have that book. In addition to the examples given above, other authors that use the defense terminology are Hooper & Whyld ( The Oxford Companion to Chess) Fine ( Ideas Behind the Chess Openings), and Burgess ( The Mammoth Book of Chess). ![]() ChessCreator ( talk) 16:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC) Reply I think either name is correct, but "Budapest Defence/Defense" seems more common. Peter Ballard 08:55, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Reply Batsford Chess Openings (Kasparov + Keene, 1989) calls it Budapest Gambit. I've also got an old book by Israel Horowitz that calls it Budapest Defence. Batsford Chess Openings (Kasparov + Keene, 1982) calls it "Budapest Defence". ![]() ![]() Batsford's Modern Chess Openings ( Nick de Firmian) (i.e. In my library, it seems to be 3/3 in favour of "Budapest Defence": 1. SyG 08:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Reply I've heard "Budapest Gambit", but I think "Budapest Defence" is the original and more common name. I have not been able to find any serious reference calling it the "Budapest Defence". All the external references and the authoritative works on this subject refer to it as the "Budapest Gambit" and not as the "Budapest Defence".
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