Library/Openings/Indian Defense/Budapest Defense/Alekhine Variation/Abonyi Variation ECO A52
Opening· 10 plies

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A52), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6.

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi Variation ECO A52
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About this opening

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A52. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6.

It belongs to the Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Budapest Defense → Alekhine Variation → Abonyi Variation line). The immediate parent line is Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Alekhine Variation, transitioned via 5…Nec6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e5, 3.dxe5 Ng4, 4.e4 Nxe5, 5.f4 Nec6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.