Opening family
Bogo-Indian Defense Lines and Variations
The Bogo-Indian Defense family contains 21 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO E11. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: New England Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Haiti Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Vitolins Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Monticelli Trap
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- E11 · Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
Deep theory branches
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Ng5 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Monticelli Trap
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 h6 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ — Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Nc6 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Haiti Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 — Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation