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

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1.d4Nf62.c4e53.dxe5Ne44.Qc2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Steiner Variation30k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
46%14k49%
30%8.8k55%
13%4.0k46%
5.9%1.7k42%
2.2%65131%
1.7%49733%
0.3%9933%
0.3%7824%
0.1%3220%
0.1%3113%
Famous games in this line32 master games
Meins, Gerlef (2460) – Gutman, Lev (2497)20040–1Hertneck, Gerald (2555) – Trapl, Jindrich (2385)19911–0Vaisser, Anatoli (2565) – Voekler, Bernd (2370)1991½–½Stohl, Igor (2450) – Trapl, Jindrich (2415)19870–1Finegold, Benjamin (2490) – Voekler, Bernd (2340)19901–0Kanep, M. (2507) – Nouro, M. (2320)20151–0Kallio, Heikki (2471) – Kahn, Evarth (2355)20021–0Kuljasevic, Davorin (2537) – Hagesaether, Halvard (2276)20111–0
Heroes of this opening Gutman, Lev · Hertneck, Gerald · Trapl, Jindrich · Finegold, Benjamin
Family
Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A51
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2
Gambit
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