Old Indian Defense
ECO: A53Flank Openings1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Old Indian Defense
The Old Indian Defense is catalogued under ECO code A53, in the Flank Openings section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Old Indian Defense has 14 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Old Indian Defense: Aged Gibbon GambitA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g4
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3A53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nf3A53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 c6
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski VariationA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5
- Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-IndianA54 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4
- Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian VariationA54 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
Other lines of the Old Indian Defense
- Old Indian DefenseA41 · 1.d4 d6 2.c4
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto VariationA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g3
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Grinberg GambitA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.e4
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main LineA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3
- Old Indian Defense: Two Knights VariationA54 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
- Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky VariationA54 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3
- Old Indian Defense: Normal VariationA55 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3