Need beginner's book to Budapest/Fajarowicz and Petrov's

[Zubbus]

(Warning: Sub-club level player here)

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e5
3. dxe5 e4

Some older books call it Fajarowicz gambit, some newer books seem to call it Budapest Gambit Fajarowicz variation. And a lot of books spell Fajarowicz with a t in it. Doesn't matter. This is what I'm talking about.

I actually bought Budapest Fajarowicz by Lev Gutman so I'm not always a cheapskate. The problem is, page one of that book is already too advanced for me. I have read a smaller book about how, at this point, white has a lot of opportunities to make a fatal mistake in any of the next 3 moves or so. I kind of need to find a book that run those moves by me or I'll miss out even when my opponent makes them.

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I have another problem

1. e4 e5 can lead to King's Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano, 4 Knights, etc. Not only are most of them very well drilled by most players, the White player also gets to choose which one. So as Black, I need to learn to defend 4 openings just to break even with the white player who has learned to attack with 1 of them.

I'm not ashamed to admit I seek a path to more instant gratification - something to steer the game away. Petrov's Defense looks like my answer. My probelm is, just like above, not being able to find the beginner's guide to it. The fact that there are like 4 ways to spell Petrov's name is not helping.

Centre counter also fits the description. It's just that my meager understanding makes me think white has a much larger range of sound responses. But I'll check it out if someone can help me find the right beginner's book.

Thanks for any help.

 

[civiijkw]

If you mean 3 ... Ne4 (instead of 3. ... Ng4) then that has also been called the vulture. There was an article a few years back in USCF's Chess Life. It might be possible to google it.

 

[Richard Cribb]

(Warning: Sub-club level player here)

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e5
3. dxe5 e4

Some older books call it Fajarowicz gambit, some newer books seem to call it Budapest Gambit Fajarowicz variation. And a lot of books spell Fajarowicz with a t in it. Doesn't matter. This is what I'm talking about.

I actually bought Budapest Fajarowicz by Lev Gutman so I'm not always a cheapskate. The problem is, page one of that book is already too advanced for me. I have read a smaller book about how, at this point, white has a lot of opportunities to make a fatal mistake in any of the next 3 moves or so. I kind of need to find a book that run those moves by me or I'll miss out even when my opponent makes them.

First of all, it is not completely clear to me whether you play these openings or if you seek advice how to play against them.
A new and supposedly good book on the Budapest (also including Fajarowicz) is Viktor Moskalenko's THE FABULOUS BUDAPEST GAMBIT. I have seen some positive reviews on it, but I don't know if that one is too advanced as well. Other books I know about are by Lalic, Tseitlin and Borik, while I suppose that the one by good old Schlechter must be both irrelevant and out of print.
It is also true that these lines can be tricky to handle for white, without a bit theoretical knowledge, but there exist quite simple methods to get decent positions without racking one brains too much.

I have another problem

1. e4 e5 can lead to King's Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano, 4 Knights, etc. Not only are most of them very well drilled by most players, the White player also gets to choose which one. So as Black, I need to learn to defend 4 openings just to break even with the white player who has learned to attack with 1 of them.

I'm not ashamed to admit I seek a path to more instant gratification - something to steer the game away. Petrov's Defense looks like my answer. My probelm is, just like above, not being able to find the beginner's guide to it. The fact that there are like 4 ways to spell Petrov's name is not helping.

Centre counter also fits the description. It's just that my meager understanding makes me think white has a much larger range of sound responses. But I'll check it out if someone can help me find the right beginner's book.

Thanks for any help.

Unfortunately you can't completely avoid problems in the opening.
Like Petrov's for instance. And if you are bothered with the spelling, do like us and just call it Russian. That is also more fair to major Jänisch.
Anyway, in this opening you might be confronted with Cochrane gambit, something even Topalov have employed, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7!? It is not at all ridiculous, and if you are not prepared life can be short, nasty and brutish. Also 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 where white seeks speedy development and usually castles long is tricky.
I am sorry but I don't know any books on that except for one by Raetsky which I also never read. It might be of some use just googling a bit as well, there are quite a few excellent chess sites which are worth checking out.
Regarding the Center Counter, I think Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen wrote an excellent one, but I don't know it that was ever translated into English. And advice here could also be to specialize in the Pytel-variation; 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
However, I must as usual insist that Ruy Lopez should not be avoided. This is one of the openings every chess player should e familiar with to aquire an adequate positional understanding.
Hope this is of some help at least.

If you mean 3 ... Ne4 (instead of 3. ... Ng4) then that has also been called the vulture. There was an article a few years back in USCF's Chess Life. It might be possible to google it.

Sorry but this is not correct.
The Vulture is another line; 1.d4 c5 (not e5)2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 Ne4

 

[Panzar75]

I play the cochrane gambit with reasonable success. I don't have any books on these openings but there are some useful video lectures on chess.fm. Most require you to be a member which I happen to think is worth it but there is also some free content.

 

[civiijkw]

Doing a quick google found that "the vulture" was used to describe 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Ne4 (a different third move for white). My straining memory does match that move order and seems to recall that Bc5 and pressure on f2 were thematic. Whether or not "the vulture" is a term widely recognized or not for this particular sequence is not something I can say.

 

[Richard Cribb]

Doing a quick google found that "the vulture" was used to describe 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Ne4 (a different third move for white). My straining memory does match that move order and seems to recall that Bc5 and pressure on f2 were thematic. Whether or not "the vulture" is a term widely recognized or not for this particular sequence is not something I can say.

Still sure that you are not meaning1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 ? 3.d5 makes more sense then, in your line it is not a very good move.
That is what is usually known as the vulture, named by the inventor of it, Stefan Bücker. Bücker is a very interesting player who created quite a few opening lines of which this is the most well known.
Here are three articles by him abot it:
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss01.pdf
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss02.pdf
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss03.pdf

I remember one of my friends got hooked on this back in the 80s after having read an interview with Bücker in NIC. I was more reserved, and his enthusiasm faded as well after a few setbacks. It is probably playable, but a it on the risky side.
I am sorry,but you still have convinced me that there is a line in the Budapest which is named vulture. Neither do I think it should be. Too confusing.