Indian Defense: Devin Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4
The Indian Defense: Devin Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO E00, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4. 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 45 times by this move order. White won 47%, 2% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nxg4 (58% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.41 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 3… d5 4. g5 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Kf1)
- ECO
- E00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 30 | |
| All | 45 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nxg4 | 26 (58%) | |
| 3… d5 | 9 (20%) | |
| 3… Bb4+ | 3 (7%) | |
| 3… h6 | 2 (4%) | |
| 3… c5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 3… Be7 | 1 (2%) | |
| 3… g6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 3… b6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
137 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 51%, draw 11%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2805) – GM Praggnanandhaa R (2747) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Jun Late · 2024-06-11
- GM Yi Wei (2727) – GM Levon Aronian (2775) 0-1 · FTX Road to Miami KO 2022 · 2022-07-17
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2759) – GM Yi Wei (2727) 1/2-1/2 · Chessable Masters Prelim · 2022-05-20
Search all games of the Indian Defense: Devin Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Mlchael (2891) – canc3111 (2787) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- vovauroio (2416) – NM Oleksiy_Gross (2520) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- icdat (2390) – unBEARableBEAR (2509) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Normal Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
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.