Is The Budapest Gambit A52 Back?

When an opening system falls into disuse, its usually because the top grandmasters of the day have found some deficiency in it and no longer employ it in their tournament games. However when you begin to see top grandmasters revisit a once abandoned opening system, it is time to reappraise that system to see what's new that has been developed about it. Playing black against the Queen's Gambit, I have often been a practitioner of the Budapest A52. It's a tricky system that rewards those who are careful enough to play it correctly. I have gone down quickly a number of times simply for not following the correct move order. Just a few days ago, I began to wonder whether or not anyone in the top echelons of today's chess praxis, still adopts the Budapest A52. I did not have to wonder for long. In the recent Amber rapid tournament, Mamedyarov used the Budapest A52 to score a brilliant win against none other than the ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Click here for a link to the Chessgames database of games by Mamedyarov playing the black side of the Budapest A52. Yes, including the recent victory over Kramnik. Enjoy.