Chess opening · ECO A45
Indian Defense
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1. d4 Nf6
Indian Defense is catalogued under ECO code A45. It is reached after 1 move (2 half-moves): 1. d4 Nf6. After the last move it is White to play. White opens 1. d4. It is the defining line of the Indian Defense family, which has 53 catalogued lines in total. Many deeper lines continue from here, listed below.
Comes from
Continues with
- Basque OpeningA45
- Canard OpeningA45
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London SystemA45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen GambitA45
- Indian Defense: Omega GambitA45
- Indian Defense: Pawn Push VariationA45
- Indian Defense: Tartakower AttackA45
- Paleface AttackA45
- Trompowsky AttackA45
- Indian Defense: Knights VariationA46
More Indian Defense lines
- Indian Defense: Normal VariationA50
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit AcceptedA45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima DefenseA45
- Indian Defense: Lazard GambitA45
- Indian Defense: Maddigan GambitA45
- Indian Defense: Reversed Chigorin DefenseA45
- Indian Defense: Czech-IndianA46
- Indian Defense: Knights Variation, Alburt-Miles VariationA46