Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4
The Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO A52, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4. It is a line of the Indian Defense. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 8,346 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4. e3 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nc3 g6)
- ECO
- A52
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 530 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4,939 | |
| 2000+ | 2,877 | |
| All | 8,346 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation | 4,686 (56%) | |
| 4. Bf4 Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein Variation | 1,457 (17%) | |
| 4. e4 Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation | 731 (9%) | |
| 4. e3 | 392 (5%) | |
| 4. f4 | 315 (4%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 259 (3%) | |
| 4. Qd4 | 239 (3%) | |
| 4. h3 | 74 (1%) |
Master games
829 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 15%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) – RubiChess 20230823 (3508) 1-0 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- RubiChess 20230823 (3508) – LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- KomodoDragon 2970.00 (3568) – Berserk dev10_20220912 (3509) 1-0 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- Berserk dev10_20220912 (3509) – KomodoDragon 2970.00 (3568) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
Search all games of the Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Knuspermeister2 (2716) – GrandMMaratSamarkand (2647) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- gammadrill (2590) – bombokobombo123456 (2759) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- GM Ivan124 (2697) – Lmkt (2649) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5
Continuations
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation A52 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation A52 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein Variation A52 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4
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.