Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation
ECO: A54Flank Openings1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation
The Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation is a line of the Old Indian Defense, catalogued under ECO code A54 in the Flank Openings section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5, 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.
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Other lines of the Old Indian Defense
- Old Indian DefenseA53 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6
- 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: 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