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Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4e53.dxe5Ng4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line3.5M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation54%1.9M50%
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein Variation20%700k56%
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation7.1%247k55%
4.5%156k48%
3.6%127k53%
3.6%125k58%
3.1%108k43%
1.3%46k55%
0.8%28k46%
0.5%16k60%
Famous games in this line2.9k master games
Giri, A. (2782) – Mamedyarov, S. (2801)20181–0Aronian, Levon (2809) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2757)20131–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2799) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2760)20080–1Ivanchuk, Vassily (2781) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2742)2008½–½Le, Quang Liem (2709) – Mamedyarov, S. (2767)20221–0Gelfand, B. (2777) – Rapport, R. (2691)20140–1Ponomariov, Ruslan (2739) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2719)2009½–½Eljanov, Pavel (2716) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2742)20080–1
Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Giri, A. · Aronian, Levon · Le, Quang Liem
Family
Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A52
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4
Gambit
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Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation4.Nf3Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation4.e4 · 2 deeper linesIndian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein Variation4.Bf4Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi Variation4.e4 Nxe5
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