Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Tartakower Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6
The Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Tartakower Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A52, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6. It is a line of the Indian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 89 times by this move order. White won 48%, 1% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 5. exd6 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.76 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5. Be2 Nxe5 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 h5)
- ECO
- A52
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3 | |
| 1500-1999 | 54 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 89 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. exd6 | 43 (48%) | |
| 5. Be2 | 17 (19%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 11 (12%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 7 (8%) | |
| 5. h3 | 5 (6%) | |
| 5. f4 | 3 (3%) | |
| 5. Bf4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 5. f3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 62%, draw 15%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- KomodoDragon 2894.00 (3600) – Stockfish dev15_20220401 (3617) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 22 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-04-21
- Stockfish dev15_20220401 (3617) – KomodoDragon 2894.00 (3600) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 22 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-04-21
- Ethereal 13.89_NNUE (3515) – SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 (3491) 1-0 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 (3491) – Ethereal 13.89_NNUE (3515) 1-0 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- IM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina (2458) – GM Jorge Cori (2613) 1-0 · II Aguascalientes Int · 2024-08-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Plyasa1984 (2528) – Mindworm (2391) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- firehorse2026 (2478) – Mindworm (2411) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- Benchess4k (2370) – Mindworm (2383) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4
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.