Hungarian Opening: Asten Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Hungarian Opening family. It goes 1. g3 Nc6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 f5. White opens with 1. g3 (the King's fianchetto) and Black answers 1... Nc6. After 10 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. g3 – White plays the pawn to g3
1... Nc6 – Black plays the knight to c6
2. Nc3 – White plays the knight to c3
2... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
3. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
3... e5 – Black plays the pawn to e5
4. dxe5 – White captures on e5 with the d-pawn
4... d4 – Black plays the pawn to d4
5. Ne4 – White plays the knight to e4
5... f5 – Black plays the pawn to f5
About the Hungarian Opening
White starts with 1.g3 to fianchetto the bishop at once. It is flexible and can transpose to the English, Réti or King's Indian Attack.
Bg2 controls the long diagonal and the centre from afar.
White chooses c4, d4 or e4 later, depending on Black's setup.
Black can grab the centre with ...d5 and ...e5; White then hits it.
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