Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Steiner Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2
The Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Steiner Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A51, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2. It is a line of the Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 72 times by this move order. White won 46%, 7% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bb4+ (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.69 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 4… Bb4+ 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3)
- ECO
- A51
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/pppp1ppp/8/4P3/2P1n3/8/PPQ1PPPP/RNB1KBNR b KQkq - 2 4- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 47 | |
| 2000+ | 18 | |
| All | 72 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bb4+ | 37 (51%) | |
| 4… d5 | 22 (31%) | |
| 4… Nc5 | 7 (10%) | |
| 4… Qh4 | 2 (3%) | |
| 4… f5 | 2 (3%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Nxf2 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
21 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 10%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- FM Erdenepurev Boldoo (2356) – GM Evgeny Postny (2577) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Aug Early · 2024-08-13
- GM Meelis Kanep (2507) – IM Mikael Nouro (2320) 1-0 · TCh-FIN 2015-16 · 2015-10-11
- Eddy Tian (2204) – GM Evgeny Postny (2600) 0-1 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 13 · 2020-06-13
- GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) – FM D'Arruda, R. (2271) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th Aug Early · 2022-08-30
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2321) – FM D'Arruda, R. (2271) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th Apr Late · 2022-04-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- moustiblanc (2469) – BabyBits2022 (2414) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- Chess_Weave (2277) – SwarmIOS (2377) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- FM MrBini (2282) – Reters1984 (2283) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4
More Indian Defense lines (all)
- Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko A43
- Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6) A45
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London System A45
- Indian Defense: Gedult Attack A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima Defense A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Stummer Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Lazard Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Maddigan Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Omega Gambit A45
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.