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Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Bonsdorf Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e53.dxe5Ne44.a3
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Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Bonsdorf Variation55k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%20k54%
24%13k46%
15%8.3k34%
14%7.7k45%
6%3.3k44%
1.7%95339%
0.6%31528%
0.5%25331%
0.3%19342%
0.3%18339%
Famous games in this line148 master games
Van Wely, Loek (2570) – Alburt, Lev O (2560)19941–0Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2512) – Romero Holmes, Alfonso (2544)20031–0Levin, Felix (2541) – Gutman, Lev (2488)2001½–½Ward, Christopher (2495) – Flear, Glenn C (2525)1994½–½Kutirov, Rolando (2425) – Kurajica, Bojan (2585)19951–0Siegel, Georg (2540) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2455)1998½–½Bauer, Christian (2576) – Szabolcsi, Janos (2418)20011–0Flear, Glenn C (2470) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2495)19911–0
Heroes of this opening Van Wely, Loek · Hillarp Persson, Tiger · Kutirov, Rolando · Bauer, Christian
Family
Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A51
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3
Gambit
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Indian Defense: Omega Gambit, Arafat Gambit2.e4 Nxe4 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Bg5Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon2.g4 Nxg4 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation3…Ng4 4.Nf3
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