Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon
1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4
The Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon is a chess opening classified as ECO A45, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4. 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 25 times by this move order. White won 60%, 12% were drawn and Black won 28%. The most popular continuation is 4… d6 (68% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.80 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4… d5 5. Nc3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4)
- ECO
- A45
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 6 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 25 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… d6 | 17 (68%) | |
| 4… e6 | 2 (8%) | |
| 4… d5 | 2 (8%) | |
| 4… b6 | 2 (8%) | |
| 4… e5 | 1 (4%) | |
| 4… g6 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 33%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- IM Fabian Fiorito (2380) – FM Niranjan Navalgund (2289) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov · 2020-11-03
Highest-rated Lichess games
- talentosochess1 (2535) – rebelzky (2420) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- GorBorFr (2121) – Abo-Ammar (2207) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
- GorBorFr (2118) – Abo-Ammar (2210) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4
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, 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
- Indian Defense: Paleface Attack, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Deferred 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.