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Indian Defense — opening family

53 catalogued lines · ECO A43–E60

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 Nf6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

All 53 lines

NameECOMain line length
Indian DefenseA452 plies
Indian Defense: Omega GambitA453 plies
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen GambitA453 plies
Indian Defense: Tartakower AttackA453 plies
Indian Defense: Pawn Push VariationA453 plies
Indian Defense: Normal VariationA503 plies
Indian Defense: Accelerated London SystemA453 plies
Indian Defense: Knights VariationA463 plies
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima DefenseA454 plies
Indian Defense: Medusa GambitA504 plies
Indian Defense: Pyrenees GambitA504 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest GambitA514 plies
Indian Defense: West Indian DefenseE604 plies
Indian Defense: Lazard GambitA454 plies
Indian Defense: Maddigan GambitA454 plies
Indian Defense: Reversed Chigorin DefenseA454 plies
Indian Defense: Polish VariationA464 plies
Indian Defense: Czech-IndianA464 plies
Indian Defense: Knights Variation, Alburt-Miles VariationA464 plies
Indian Defense: Spielmann-IndianA464 plies
Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower DefenseA464 plies
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit AcceptedA454 plies
Indian Defense: Gedult AttackA455 plies
Indian Defense: Paleface Attack, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit DeferredA455 plies
Indian Defense: Devin GambitE005 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Advance VariationE605 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine VariationE605 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams AttackE605 plies
Indian Defense: Przepiorka VariationA495 plies
Indian DefenseE005 plies
Indian Defense: Seirawan AttackE005 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-IndianE105 plies
Indian Defense: London SystemA465 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit AcceptedA515 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Adorjan GambitE606 plies
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation, Leko GambitE606 plies
Indian Defense: Pseudo-BenkoA436 plies
Indian Defense: Schnepper GambitA476 plies
Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian DefenseE106 plies
Indian Defense: Döry IndianE106 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz DefenseA516 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main LineA526 plies
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese FalconA457 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Bonsdorf VariationA517 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine VariationA527 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Steiner VariationA517 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein VariationA527 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler VariationA527 plies
Indian Defense: Omega Gambit, Arafat GambitA457 plies
Indian Defense: Colle System, King's Indian VariationA488 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Tartakower DefenseA528 plies
Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi VariationA528 plies
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Stummer GambitA459 plies