ECO A15

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation is a chess opening classified under ECO A15. Its defining line here is 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6.

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • A17: 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6
  • A15: 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7

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