ECO A45

Indian Defense

Indian Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO A45. Its defining line here is 1. d4 Nf6.

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1. d4 Nf6

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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

  • E00: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Qb3

Variations