A52: Budapest defence

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4

Budapest defence

A52 Sub-variants:

Budapest defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4

Budapest, Adler variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3

Budapest, Rubinstein variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4

Budapest, Alekhine variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4

Budapest, Alekhine, Abonyi variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6

Budapest, Alekhine variation, Balogh gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6

Overview

Games on Database:

7025

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

46.2%

27.5%

26.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	11 games
Tim Reilly	9 games
Rainer Siegmund	9 games

Black
Normunds Miezis	34 games
Evarth Kahn	29 games
Georg Mohr	23 games

Possible continuations:

4. Nf3

3020

41.6 %

28.1 %

30.3 %

4. Bf4

2479

50.3 %

29.6 %

20.2 %

4. e4

803

49.3 %

22 %

28.6 %

4. e3

434

53.7 %

25.3 %

21 %

4. e6

72

43.1 %

26.4 %

30.6 %

4. Qd4

67

28.4 %

16.4 %

55.2 %

4. Nc3

58

44.8 %

27.6 %

27.6 %

4. Nh3

57

49.1 %

17.5 %

33.3 %

4. a3

15

73.3 %

4. f4

10

50 %

40 %

4. g3

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

4. h3

2

100 %

4. f3

2

50 %

50 %

4. b3

2

50 %

50 %