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The move has great surprise value! One has to hunt hard in opening books to even find the Balogh Counter Gambit (BCG) mentioned. With a little investigating you will find the BCG is covered under the Dutch Defense, The move order there is 1.d4 f5 2.e4, the Staunton Gambit, then 2…d6 transposes to the BCG.

I first saw the BCG mentioned in Richard Wincor’s book “Baroque Chess Openings”. A whimsical book on less traveled opening lines with the idea of engaging battle on one’s own terms. The book does make an interesting point. One can play less forceful openings that offer soundness and surprise value in return for more frequently getting known lines/positions.

If you are lucky enough to find a BCG referenced in an opening book the analysis line usually runs 1.d4 f5 2.e4 d6 3.exf5 Bxf5 4.Qf3 Qc8 5.Bd3 Bxd3 (5…Bg4 is better) 6.Qxd3 with a clear plus for White.


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Contributors : Amir Bagheri



[ECO "B00"] [Opening "King's pawn Opening"]


Nc3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 2003, Black ELO av : 1834
    1-0 : 100%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 0%

exf5 : 1 game, White ELO av : 2264, Black ELO av : 1345
    1-0 : 100%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 0%



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