Indian Defense: Gedult Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. g4
The Indian Defense: Gedult Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A45, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 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 110 times by this move order. White won 37%, 3% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nc6 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.09 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3… c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2)
- ECO
- A45
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 90 | |
| 1500-1999 | 19 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 110 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nc6 | 27 (25%) | |
| 3… e6 | 27 (25%) | |
| 3… h6 | 23 (21%) | |
| 3… c5 | 14 (13%) | |
| 3… e5 | 6 (5%) | |
| 3… c6 | 3 (3%) | |
| 3… g6 | 2 (2%) | |
| 3… g5 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 25%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Sergei Zablotsky (2511) – IM Andrey Drygalov (2495) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 14th July · 2020-07-14
- GM Sergei Zablotsky (2511) – FM Robert Safin (2287) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 14th July · 2020-07-14
- IM Kamran Shirazi (2363) – Antoine Manoeuvre (2251) 0-1 · 89th ch-Paris IdF 2014 · 2014-07-11
- Yury Belov (1487) – Andrey M. Lebedev (1444) 0-1 · 23rd Voronezh FIDE Open · 2019-06-17
Search all games of the Indian Defense: Gedult Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ytiv51 (1982) – GYins (2022) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Ytiv51 (2001) – Morpbraham (1995) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- andymam (1916) – nikos1847 (1922) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Paleface Attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. f3
More Indian Defense lines (all)
- Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko A43
- Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6) A45
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London System 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
- Indian Defense: Omega Gambit, Arafat 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.